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Alkali Magnesium/Zinc Silicate Glasses with Low Rayleigh Scattering
Author(s) -
Todoroki Shinichi,
Sakaguchi Shigeki
Publication year - 1995
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.1151-2916.1995.tb08706.x
Subject(s) - aluminosilicate , silicate , materials science , rayleigh scattering , magnesium , crystallization , mineralogy , alkali metal , scattering , zinc , intensity (physics) , analytical chemistry (journal) , silicate glass , inorganic chemistry , chemical engineering , metallurgy , composite material , chemistry , optics , environmental chemistry , physics , biochemistry , organic chemistry , engineering , catalysis
The Rayleigh scattering of silicate glasses (M 2 O‐RO‐SiO 2 , M: Na and K, R: Mg, Ca, and Zn) was measured. Soda magnesium silicate (NMS) glasses exhibited the smallest scattering intensity. It is comparable with that of soda aluminosilicate (NAS) glass, one of the candidates for use in fabricating ultralow‐loss fibers. The scattering intensity decreased with decreasing SiO 2 content, and NMS glasses with 60 mol% of SiO 2 are still stable against crystallization. It is concluded that NMS is a new candidate for ultralowloss fiber use.