Structure and chemical durability improvement of alkali silicate glass by zirconium dioxide and erbium oxide addition

ATIVIT DENPRAWAT; Kittipong  SINWANASARP; Pinit  KIDKHUNTHOD; Nattapol  LAORODPHAN; Worapong THIEMSORN

doi:10.55713/jmmm.v33i4.1624

Authors

ATIVIT DENPRAWAT Department of Industrial Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Muang District, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand
Kittipong SINWANASARP Department of Industrial Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Muang District, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand
Pinit KIDKHUNTHOD Synchrotron Light Research Institute (Public Organization), Muang District, Nakhon Ratchasima, 30000, Thailand
Nattapol LAORODPHAN Department of Industrial Chemistry Innovation, Faculty of Science, Maejo University, San Sai District, Chiang Mai, 50290, Thailand
Worapong THIEMSORN Department of Industrial Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Muang District, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55713/jmmm.v33i4.1624

Keywords:

Chemical durability, Charge compensator, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, Rare earth oxide containing glass, Glass structure

Abstract

Glass structure tailoring of alkali silicate glasses by addition of ZrO₂ and Er₂O₃ is found to enhance the chemical durability of glasses. ZrO₂ (x ranged between 5 mol% to 15 mol%) and Er₂O₃ (y ranged between 0.5 mol% to 1.5 mol%) were used to replace SiO₂ and Na₂O, respectively, in the glasses with the nominal composition of 10Li₂O-(15-y)Na₂O-10CaO-(65-x)SiO₂-xZrO₂-y Er₂O₃. The samples were prepared by conventional melt quenching technique. The structures of produced glasses were examined by X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and Raman spectroscopy. XAS spectra demonstrated that the oxidation numbers of Zr and Er ions were +4 and +3, respectively. The chemical environment around both cations was six-fold coordination. In addition, Raman spectra demonstrated that the Zr⁴⁺ ions formed the Q4(Zr) structure, which caused the reduction of non-bridging oxygen. In case of the Er³⁺ ions, the formation of the Si-O-Er bonds was explained from the Raman study. The chemical durability of glass was determined from Na+ ions leaching values. In pH 7 solution, the leached Na⁺ ions reduced from 25.67% to 21.43% and from 22.50% to 20.49% as a function of concentration of ZrO₂ (x = 5 mol% to 15 mol%) and Er₂O₃ (y = 0.5 mol% to 1.5 mol%), respectively. As the results, the chemical durability of the ZrO₂-containing and Er₂O₃-containing glasses were significantly improved due to charge compensated mechanism and enhancing network rigidity by increasing cation field strength. Moreover, the micro-hardness (580 HV to 837 HV) and density (2.54 g⸳cm^-3 to 2.82 g⸳cm^-3) also displayed an increased tendency with larger concentration of ZrO₂ and Er₂O₃.

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