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Heavy‐Metal Oxide Glasses
Author(s) -
Dumbaugh William H.,
Lapp Josef C.
Publication year - 1992
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.1151-2916.1992.tb05581.x
Subject(s) - oxide , bismuth , diamagnetism , gallate , metal , inorganic chemistry , materials science , verdet constant , mineralogy , chemistry , metallurgy , nuclear chemistry , faraday effect , physics , quantum mechanics , magnetic field
Heavy‐metal oxide glasses might arbitrarily be defined as those containing over 50 cation percent of bismuth and lead which participate in the glass structure as network formers. Glass systems based on these heavy‐metal oxides in silicates, borates, phosphates, germanates, and ferrites are surveyed. Gallate systems are emphasized since they have a unique ability to form stable glasses while maintaining key properties, such as the best infrared transmission and the highest nonlinear optical susceptibilities and diamagnetic Verdet constants for oxide glasses.