Croatica Chemica Acta, Vol. 74 No. 1, 2001.
Original scientific paper
Study of Leucite-type Glass-ceramics by Thermally Stimulated Depolarization Current
Mladen Topić
; Divison of Materials Chemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, P. O. Box 180, HR-10002 Zagreb, Croatia
Svetozar Musić
; Divison of Materials Chemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, P. O. Box 180, HR-10002 Zagreb, Croatia
Mira Ristić
; Divison of Materials Chemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, P. O. Box 180, HR-10002 Zagreb, Croatia
Jasenka Živko-Babić
; School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, HR-10002 Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Two different ingots of leucite-type glass-ceramics were studied by integral and by partial thermally stimulated depolarization current (TSDC) in the range from 173 to 370 K. Partial measurements showed distributed dipolar relaxation (P1) with a maximum at 256 K, caused by the interaction between alkali ions and nonbridging oxygen atoms. The following relaxation, observed at a higher temperature (P2), was attributed to the decay of the space charge dipoles. Only the beginning of P2 was studied because the development of the process was overlapped by the conductivity current. Addition of different oxides to the original material decreased the P1 and increased the P2 relaxation, due to the increase of the interface area.
Keywords
leucite; glass-ceramics; thermally stimulated current; TSDC
Hrčak ID:
131788
URI
Publication date:
1.2.2001.
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