The structure of CaO–MgO–Al2O3–SiO2 melts and glasses doped with FeOX–NiO

Chris J. Benmore, Rebekah Bogle, Stephen K. Wilke, Richard Weber, Joerg Neuefeind, Gustavo Costa

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Abstract

Neutron and x-ray diffraction measurements have been performed on CaO–MgO–Al2O3–SiO2 (CMAS) glasses doped with NiO–FeXO at room temperature, along with x-ray measurements on aerodynamically levitated liquids at ≥2000 K. The disordered structures have been modeled using empirical potential structure refinement to investigate the relation between the aluminosilicate network and the modifying cations. The SiO4 and AlO4 tetrahedra are found to have wider Si–O and Al–O bond distance distributions in the glass, and the first Ca–On coordination shell is highly distorted, redistributing different populations of long and short bonds between the liquid and the glass. The addition of Fe and Ni at low aluminosilicate content increases the number of free oxygens not bonded to AlO4 or SiO4. Mg–O and Fe–O are both found to be predominantly fourfold and fivefold in the liquid and glassy states. Despite these low coordination numbers, their bond angle distributions indicate that they are predominantly in nontetrahedral-type geometries, with ferrous and ferric iron possessing similar coordination environments. The Ca–O and Mg–O average coordination numbers and enthalpies of solution are consistent with their higher reactivity within relatively acidic aluminosilicate melts.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6323-6333
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of the American Ceramic Society
Volume107
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2024

Keywords

  • aluminosilicates
  • atomic structure
  • calcium silicate
  • modeling/model
  • x-ray methods

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