The viscosity of glass in the systems As-S, As-S-I and As-S-Tl was measured by the beam-bending method at the temperature from the transition point to the deformation point. The plots of the logarithm of the viscosity versus the reciprocal of the absolute temperature are shown in Fig. 3, 4 and 5. From Fig. 3, it is clear that the slopes are more gentle with increase of S content above As
2S
3 in the system As-S. But in the systems As-S-I and As-S-Tl, on the other hand, they become, as shown in Fig. 4 and 5, more steep with increase of I and Tl contents, respectively.
The isoviscosity temperature curves are shown in Fig. 6, 7 and 8. In the As-S glass the temperature required to make it isoviscous is lowered with increasing S content above As
2S
3 and also in the As-S-I glass it is rapidly lowered with I contents.
Considering the linear relation in Fig. 3, 4 and 5, for the viscous flow of glass, the apparent activation energy can be calculated by the following equation; Δ
E=
Rd(logη)/
d(1/
T)1, where
R is the gas constant. The results are shown in Fig. 9 and 10. In the As-S system, the activation energy has its peak at As
2S
3 and decreases rapidly around As
2S
8. In the As-S-I and As-S-Tl glass it increases with I and Tl contents respectively.
The retarded elasticity appears remarkably in the transition region of the As-S glass and increases rapidly above As
2S
8. It has been recognized by Tsuchihashi
et. al.
6) that S
8 rings begin to form in the glass when the S content is greater than that of As
2S
8-9.5. Therefore, from the above results we may suggest that the apparent activation energy for viscous flow decreases rapidly and the retarded elasticity increases with increase of S
8 rings in the transition region.
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