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  • Title: Glass formation and structure in the MgSiO(3)-Mg(2)SiO(4) pseudobinary system: From degraded networks to ioniclike glasses.
    Author: Kalampounias AG, Nasikas NK, Papatheodorou GN.
    Journal: J Chem Phys; 2009 Sep 21; 131(11):114513. PubMed ID: 19778135.
    Abstract:
    A series of glasses xMgO-(1-x)SiO(2) with compositions from enstatite MgSiO(3) (x=0.5) to forsterite Mg(2)SiO(4) (x=0.667) in mole fraction intervals of x approximately 0.02 have been prepared by containerless levitation techniques and CO(2) laser heating. Polarized and depolarized Raman spectra measured at ambient conditions for all these glasses show systematic and smooth band intensity changes with composition. Analysis of the Raman band contours in terms of vibrations due to different oxygen bridged SiO(4) tetrahedra (Q(i), species analysis) undoubtedly shows that bridging oxygens are present in all glasses studied even in the limit of the forsterite composition where bridged Si(2)O(7) (6-) ionic dimers are formed. Furthermore the relative amounts of the Q(i) species change smoothly with composition while at high MgO content "free" oxygens are present presumably forming Mg-O-Mg bridges, which contribute to the glass stability at these compositions. Raman spectra measurements at different temperature below T(g) show small alterations in the Q(i) species in the MgSiO(3) region while no changes were observed in the Mg(2)SiO(4) region. The Boson peak frequency is practically invariant on both composition and temperature and this is in contrast to the systematics followed by most silicate glasses. It is suggested that at compositions near the forsterite ioniclike glasses are formed arising from a very fragile liquid.
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