Observation on the change of shape of silica anions in molten silicates resulting from the addition of Al
2O
3 as a third element should be of great importance in order to understand the constitution of molten slag. In the present studies, the measurements of infrared absorption spectra have been carried out for a purpose of finding the effect of Al
2O
3 on the lead and sodium silicate melts.
In PbO-SiO
2-Al
2O
3 and Na
2O-SiO
2-Al
2O
3 systems, it was found that the peak of an absorption band due to the stretching vibration (ν
3) of silicon-oxygen tetrahedron showed a shift to one of about 1020, 990 or 970 cm
−1 in wave number with increasing Al
2O
3 content in the silicate. For example, in the case of Al
2O
3 addition to the sodium silicate containing 33.3 mol%Na
2O, the spectrum of the original glass consists of two bands, with absorption peaks at about 1070 and 950 cm
−1. The peak at 1070 cm
−1 shifted to the lower frequency side, while the peak at 950 cm
−1 shifted to the higher frequency side with increasing Al
2O
3 content, and beyond 15 mol%Al
2O
3 one absorption peak was observed at approximately 990 cm
−1 instead of two absorption bands. The absorption band due to the vibration of AlO
4 tetrahedron in glassy silicate was observed at approximately 700∼730 cm
−1, the intensity of which apparently increased with increasing Al
2O
3 content in the silicates.
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