%0 Journal Article
%T Characteristic Studies on Whisker-Reinforced Borosilicate Glasses
%A A. Behairy
%J New Journal of Glass and Ceramics
%P 15-24
%@ 2161-7562
%D 2019
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/njgc.2019.92002
%X Glass composition of fixed values of the structural factor R(CdO/B<sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">2</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">O</span><sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">3</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">) = 0.5 and K(SiO</span><sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">2</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">\B</span><sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">2</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">O</span><sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">3</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">) = 0.5 in borosilicate glass modified by CdO has been studied by different techniques. The amorphous structure of as prepared glass was confirmed by both XRD and EDP spectroscopy. The amorphous samples were treated thermally to be transformed to suitable type of crystalline glass ceramic. Based on SEM and TEM data, the bulk crystallized network was developed by treating the glasses at high treatment route (950<span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\">กใ</span>C -</span><span style=\"line-height:1.5;font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><span style=\"line-height:1.5;font-family:'';\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">1100<span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\">กใ</span>C) for a specific time (8 hours). Crystalline Al</span><sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">4</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">B</span><sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">2</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">O</span><sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">9</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> and Al</span><sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">18</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">B</span><sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">4</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">O</span><sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">33</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> whisker phases are simply detected by X-ray diffraction spectroscopy. The scanning and transmission electron microscopes (SEM and TEM) have confirmed that aluminum borate crystalline phases in the form of whiskers (rods) species are the main formed type. Both size and concentration of the whisker species were increased with increasing temperature of thermal heat treatment. Formation of this type of crystals (whiskers) leads to interlocking microstructure and as a direct result</span></span><span style=\"line-height:1.5;font-family:Verdana;\">,</span><span style=\"line-height:1.5;font-family:Verdana;\"> an increase in hardness number, glass transition temperature is simply evidenced.
%K Glasses and Glass Ceramics
%K Whisker Phases
%K Crystalline Structure-X-Diffraction
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=91104