Glass Anatase Nanocrystal Composites and their Crystallization Kinetics

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Nanocrystallization of anatase phase was established in BaO-TiO2-B2O3 glass system. Crystallization kinetics of anatase phase in these glasses were investigated using non-isothermal differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) at three different heating rates (10, 20 & 30 K/min). Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) carried out on heat treated (at 920 K) glasses confirmed bulk nucleation and three-dimensional growth. Johnson-Mehl-Avarami model could not be applied for this system suggesting considerable overlap of the nucleation and growth involving complex transformation process. However, modified Kissinger and Ozawa models were used to calculate the effective activation energy associated with anatase crystallization. The kinetic exponent n was found to be temperature dependent indicating the change in the crystallization mechanism. This was attributed to the high entropy fusion of anatase phase, fast crystallization rate and nano dimension of the anatase phase.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 622-623)

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