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Original Articles

Spectroscopic investigations on PbO–As2O3 glasses crystallized with TiO2

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Pages 2255-2270 | Received 25 Dec 2008, Accepted 17 May 2009, Published online: 26 Aug 2009
 

Abstract

PbO–As2O3 glasses mixed with different concentrations of TiO2 (ranging from 0 to 1.0 mol%) were crystallized. The samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) techniques. Studies were extended to optical absorption, IR, ESR, luminescence and magnetic susceptibility on these samples. The X-ray diffraction studies reveal the presence of Pb3O4, Ti(As2O7), Pb(As2O6), Pb3(AsO4)2 PbTi3O7 and Ti2O3 crystal phases. The optical absorption studies together with ESR and magnetic susceptibility measurements indicated that the titanium ions exist in both Ti3+ and Ti4+ states in all the samples and there is an increase in titanium ions in the trivalent state with increasing concentration of nucleating agent TiO2. The quantitative analysis of these results indicated that there is a growing degree of disorder in the glass network with increasing concentration of the crystallizing agent. The luminescence studies indicated that the samples crystallized with low concentrations of TiO2 show high luminescence efficiency in the visible region.

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