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Mechanism of Oxide Nucleation in Lithium Aluminosilicate Glass‐Ceramics
Author(s) -
Maier Veronika,
Müller Gerd
Publication year - 1987
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.1151-2916.1987.tb05717.x
Subject(s) - aluminosilicate , nucleation , materials science , crystallization , crystallite , lithium (medication) , silicate , mineralogy , glass ceramic , ceramic , transmission electron microscopy , chemical engineering , quartz , oxide , composite material , metallurgy , nanotechnology , chemistry , medicine , biochemistry , organic chemistry , engineering , endocrinology , catalysis
A commercial lithium aluminosilicate glass‐ceramic material is investigated by high‐resolution transmission electron microscopy after different heat treatments. Evidence is presented that epitaxy of β‐quartz crystals on ZrTiO 4 ‐type crystallites is the critical step initiating silicate crystallization.