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Properties and Structure of Glasses in the System PbO‐GeO 2 ‐SiO 2
Author(s) -
TOPPING J. A.,
FUCHS P.,
MURTHY M. K.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1974.tb10859.x
Subject(s) - thermal expansion , refractive index , materials science , mineralogy , scanning electron microscope , scattering , thermal , analytical chemistry (journal) , optics , composite material , thermodynamics , chemistry , physics , optoelectronics , chromatography
The glass‐forming region in the system PbO‐GeO 2 ‐SiO 2 extends to compositions with 70 mol% PbO. The variations of refractive index, density, and thermal‐expansion coefficient with composition (in mol%) are linear. Immiscibility was observed by light‐scattering techniques and electron microscopy.