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Use of the Adam‐Gibbs Equation in the Analysis of Structural Relaxation
Author(s) -
SCHERER GEORGE W.
Publication year - 1984
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.1151-2916.1984.tb19643.x
Subject(s) - arrhenius equation , thermodynamics , relaxation (psychology) , activation energy , atmospheric temperature range , gibbs free energy , viscosity , gibbs–helmholtz equation , chemistry , materials science , physics , social psychology , psychology
Narayanaswamy's model of structural relaxation has been shown to provide an excellent description of the behavior of a variety of glasses. In the standard formulation, the relaxation time, τ is represented by the Arrhenius equation, with the activation energy partitioned between the temperature and Active temperature. That form for τ is successful, but lacks theoretical justification. In this paper, the Adam‐Gibbs equation is shown to describe accurately both τ and the viscosity of NBS 710 (alkali lime silicate) glass. This equation is expected to be accurate over a wider range of temperature and Active temperature than the Arrhenius equation.