Daniels, Phelim B. (1984) The electrical properties and structure of halo-borate glasses and glass-ceramics. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.

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Abstract

The effect on the electrical properties of doping simple borate materials with various halides has been investigated. Most of the work concentrates on sodium borate as a base material but an extension is made to also consider alkaline-earth borates. Initially, glassy products are examined but later in the project, because of significant and unexpected trends, attention is focussed on re-crystallised glass-ceramics formed from the original glassy specimens.

Results indicate that a wide range of halides can be used to reduce the inherent resistivity of the initial borate material. The effect occurs in both the glassy and glass-ceramic samples but is most dramatic 'in the latter case. The reduction is of such magnitude that, unusually, the glass-ceramic frequently has a lower resistivity than the parent glass, and some sodium borate based samples can almost be classed as fast-ion conductors.

Any accompanying structural changes were monitored using a range of techniques including X-ray diffraction, infra-red absorption, nuclear magnetic resonance and electron microscopy. These measurements met with varying success though the prominent finding of each investigation is that the added halide is absorbed into the base compound with remarkably little structural rearrangement.

Because the resistivity reduction effect is so much greater for the glass-ceramics than for the glasses, investigations on the two types of specimen are discussed independently and differing theories put forward. These theories are thoroughly discussed and comparisons made with publications on analogous materials. For the glasses work on halide doped lithium borates and silver borates is the most similar yet reported, but it is believed that the study on re-crystallised specimens is the only work carried out on any halide doped borate glass-ceramics.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Glass-ceramics -- Electric properties, Glass-ceramics -- Mechanical properties
Official Date:	1984
Dates:	Date Event 1984 Submitted
Institution:	University of Warwick
Theses Department:	Department of Physics
Thesis Type:	PhD
Publication Status:	Unpublished
Supervisor(s)/Advisor:	McMillan, P. W. (Peter Warwick)
Extent:	[12], 202 leaves
Language:	eng

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