Journal of Applied Mechanical Engineering

Abstract

Influence of Sm2O3 Ion Concentration on Structural and Thermal Modification of TeO2-Na2O Glasses

Mawlud SQ, Ameen MM1, Md. Sahar R and Ahmed KF

The effect of Sm+3 ions concentration doped TeO2-Na2O glasses on structural and thermal parameters have been discussed. Glass samples with molar composition (80-x) TeO2-20Na2O-xSm2O3 glasses (x=0, 0.3, 0.6, 1, 1.2, 1.5) are prepared by melt quenching technique. Crystallization temperature (Tc), melting temperature (Tm) and glass transition temperature (Tg) are measured by using differential thermal analysis (DTA), it is found that the stability factor (ΔT) increases from (58.5-97.8) ºC with the increasing of Sm2O3. The amorphous phase nature of the glass samples are observed by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive x-ray (EDX) spectrometer are applied to study the structural properties of the glass samples. Values of density (ρ), molar volume (VM), and ionic packing density (Vt) were calculated for each of the glass compositions. The effect of the Sm2O3 on the glass structure have been investigated by using FTIR and Raman spectroscopies, the FTIR spectra are characterized by a band of 637 cm-1 for the telluride glass, high frequency peak at 668 cm-1 presented by Raman spectra which indicates that these glasses network are basically consists of TeO4 and TeO3/TeO3+1 structural units. The spectra of Raman shows the presence of Sm-O bond, Na-O bond, Te-O-Te bridging configurations, vibrations of Te-O-Te bonds and stretching modes of non-bonding oxygen found on the TeO3/TeO3+1 structural unit.