Influence of aluminum speciation on the stability of aluminosilicate glasses against crystallization

摘要

In this letter, we investigate the correlation between glass microstructure and glass stability (GS) in soda lime aluminosilicates. We find a loss of GS (i.e., an onset of crystallization) in the glasses above a critical concentration of Al2O3 when heating at the standard rate of 20 K/min. This loss in GS may be attributed to formation of five-fold coordinated Al species when [Al2O3]/[Na2O] > 1. The primary crystalline phase is identified as nepheline, in which Al exists in four-fold coordination. This implies that the five-fold coordinated Al is energetically less stable compared to Al in a tetrahedral environment.