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Determining Kinetic Parameters for Isothermal Crystallization of Glasses
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
  • Teng Zhang
  • Signo Tadeu Dos Reis, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Richard K. Brow, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • C. S. Ray, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

Non-isothermal crystallization techniques are frequently used to determine the kinetic parameters for crystallization in glasses. the techniques are experimentally simple and quick, compared with isothermal techniques. However, the analytical models used for non-isothermal data analysis, that were derived from models originally developed for describing isothermal transformation kinetics, are fundamentally flawed. the present paper describes a technique for determining the kinetic parameters for isothermal crystallization in glasses, which eliminates most of the common problems that generally make the study of isothermal crystallization laborious and time consuming. in this technique, the volume fraction of a glass that is crystallized as a function of time during an isothermal hold was determined in a separate experiment using differential thermal analysis. the activation energy (345±10 kJ/mole) and Avrami parameter (0.89±0.09) for crystallization of Li2O·2SiO2 glass determined by the present technique are consistent with the similar values reported in the literature.

Department(s)
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
  • Avrami Parameter,
  • Kinetic Parameters,
  • Non-Isothermal Crystallization
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2007 Wiley-Blackwell, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
2-16-2007
Publication Date
16 Feb 2007
Citation Information
Teng Zhang, Signo Tadeu Dos Reis, Richard K. Brow and C. S. Ray. "Determining Kinetic Parameters for Isothermal Crystallization of Glasses" Journal of the American Ceramic Society (2007) ISSN: 0002-7820; 1551-2916
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/richard-brow/39/