Optical and Mechanical Properties of Lithium Aluminosilicate Glass-ceramics

Anil Kumar; Sucharu Kaity; Anirban Chakrabarti; Shaona Chatterjee; Manoj S Shekhawat; Atiar Rahaman Molla

doi:10.61343/jcm.v1i01.5

Authors

Anil Kumar Department of Physics, Seth G. l. Bihani S. D. (PG) College, Sri Ganganagar –335001, India.
Kaity S Specialty Glass Division, CSIR- Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata, (W.B.), India
Anirban Chakrabarti Department of Solid-State Physics, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700032.
Shaona Chatterjee Specialty Glass Division, CSIR-Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata-700032, India
Manoj S Shekhawat Department of Physics, Engineering College Bikaner, Bikaner - 334004, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6138-3522
Atiar Rahaman Molla Specialty Glass Division, CSIR- Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata, (W.B.), India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61343/jcm.v1i01.5

Keywords:

Lithium Aluminosilicate glasses, TEM, FESEM

Abstract

Lithium aluminosilicate glass-ceramics has many uses in high-tech applications. Beta quartz or spodumene solid solution phase in the Li₂O-Al₂O₃-SiO₂-P₂O₅ glass system has been precipitated by controlled heat-treatment of the parent glass. These glasses prepared by melt-quench technique. High transparency (>80%) in the visible wavelength range has been observed in the material by UV-VIS-NIR spectrometry. FTIR spectra indicated the presence of Si-O as well as Al-O bonds in the glass-ceramics. The LAS glass ceramics showed moderate flexural strength (~80 MPa) and young’s modulus (~50 GPa). Microstructural characterization of the heat-treated glass ceramics by FESEM and TEM showed nano-crystalline spherical particles of 30-40 nm, which provided a rationale for its high transparency and good mechanical properties that may open up possibilities for newer applications.

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