Structural characterisation of Er-Si-Al-O-N glasses by Raman spectroscopy

Emrah Dolekcekic, Michael J. Pomeroy, Stuart Hampshire

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Abstract

Er-Si-Al-O-N glasses have been prepared with cation ratio Er:Si:Al = 3.45:3:2 containing various amounts of nitrogen (N = 0, 5, 8, 15 and 22 equiv.%). Glass properties such as microhardness, glass transition temperature and dilatometric softening temperature were measured and it was found that these properties increased linearly with increasing nitrogen content. Glasses were then characterised using Raman spectroscopy in order to obtain information about the structure of these glasses. Deconvolution of peaks in the Raman spectra of Er-Si-Al-O-N glasses revealed that, as nitrogen content increases then the proportion of Q3 species decreases and there is a corresponding increase in the proportion of Q4 species (Qn: n = no. of bridging anions joining SiO4 tetrahedra), confirming that nitrogen increases the crosslinking between individual tetrahedra via the transformation of Q3 oxide species into Q4 oxynitride species.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)893-898
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of the European Ceramic Society
Volume27
Issue number2-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007

Keywords

  • Raman spectroscopy

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