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Glass viscosity and structural relaxation by parallel plate rheometry using a thermo-mechanical analyser

Glass viscosity and structural relaxation by parallel plate rheometry using a thermo-mechanical analyser
Glass viscosity and structural relaxation by parallel plate rheometry using a thermo-mechanical analyser
Glass viscosity from 105 poises and up to an extended 1011 poises has been successfully measured by parallel plate rheometry using a commercial thermo-mechanical analyser (TMA), Perkin-Elmer TMA-7. The viscosity data measured on a standard reference soda-lime silicate glass, NIST 710a, are in excellent agreement with the standard viscosity data of the glass supplied by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The technique is also found very effective in monitoring the structural relaxation process in glasses. Subsequently, the relationship between glass structure and its relaxation mechanism is studied. It is found that the relaxation mechanism in the glass can be adequately represented by a double exponential function with a rapid and a slow component. The rapid and slow relaxation components are attributed to the relaxations originating from the modifier-rich and glass-former-rich regions in the glass respectively, following the modified-random-network (MRN) model of glass structure.
0167-577X
99-103
Wang, Ji
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Wang, Ji
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Wang, Ji (1997) Glass viscosity and structural relaxation by parallel plate rheometry using a thermo-mechanical analyser. Materials Letters, 31, 99-103. (doi:10.1016/S0167-577X(96)00252-2).

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Glass viscosity from 105 poises and up to an extended 1011 poises has been successfully measured by parallel plate rheometry using a commercial thermo-mechanical analyser (TMA), Perkin-Elmer TMA-7. The viscosity data measured on a standard reference soda-lime silicate glass, NIST 710a, are in excellent agreement with the standard viscosity data of the glass supplied by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The technique is also found very effective in monitoring the structural relaxation process in glasses. Subsequently, the relationship between glass structure and its relaxation mechanism is studied. It is found that the relaxation mechanism in the glass can be adequately represented by a double exponential function with a rapid and a slow component. The rapid and slow relaxation components are attributed to the relaxations originating from the modifier-rich and glass-former-rich regions in the glass respectively, following the modified-random-network (MRN) model of glass structure.

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Published date: May 1997

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Local EPrints ID: 78067
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/78067
ISSN: 0167-577X
PURE UUID: 053d2848-3de3-427c-9edf-22c2cc009871

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Date deposited: 11 Mar 2010
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 00:05

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Author: Ji Wang

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