In order to elucidate the behavior of Al
2O
3 in the silicate melt, infrared emission spectra of the Na
2O-Al
2O
3-SiO
2 system were measured in the molten state and were compared with the spectra measured in the glassy state.
Results obtained from the
in situ measurements are summarized as follows:
(1) Since the spectra measured in the molten states are very similar to those in the glassy states, it is concluded that there is no essential difference between the silicate anions in the molten and the glassy states.
(2) When Al
2O
3 is added to sodium silicates, a band at about 75000 m
−1 due to the Al-O bond appears in much the same position as that of the SiO
4 total symmetric stretching mode. The intensity of this band is proportional to the Al
2O
3 content. It is obvious by comparison with the available crystalline state that this band can be assigned to the stretching mode of the AlO
45− structure. Therefore, it is recognized that most of the Al
3+ ions take the form of the tetrahedrally coordinated oxygens in the molten and glassy silicates.
(3) The ratio of the area of the absorption band due to the Si-O(BO) stretching mode to the sum of those of the Si-O(BO) and the Si-O
− (NBO) stretching medes decreases with increasing Na
2O and/or Al
2O
3 content in the silicate. This means that Al
2O
3 breaks the silica network. To arrive at the compatibility with the other properties, however, it must be considered that Al
2O
3 does not behave as a simple network modifier as Na
2O does, but acts as a network former, breaking the silica network in the silicate melt within the measured composition range.
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