Thermal-mechanical and physical-chemical properties of phosphate laser glasses
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
- Schott Glass Technologies, Inc., Duryea, PA (United States)
A compositional study of the effects of various network formers on the physical properties of phosphate laser glasses used in fusion research lasers is reported. The network formers include P{sub 2}O{sub 5}, Al{sub 2}O{sub 3}, SiO{sub 2} and B{sub 2}O{sub 3} and most glass compositions are metaphosphates or near-ultraphosphates. We have chosen Schott's commercial LG-750 laser glass as a reference composition. The results show that laser glasses having improved physical properties compared to LG-750 can be prepared by decreasing the Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} and increasing the P{sub 2}O{sub 5} content. Figures-of-merit are used to characterize the relative improvements of the various glasses studied. 17 refs., 11 figs.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 5517522
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-JC-105474; CONF-910430-18; ON: DE91016604
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 93. annual meeting and exposition of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS), Cincinnati, OH (United States), 28 Apr - 2 May 1991
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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42 ENGINEERING
PHOSPHATE GLASS
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
ALUMINIUM OXIDES
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
EVALUATION
FRACTURE PROPERTIES
HARDNESS
LASER MATERIALS
LASERS
POTASSIUM OXIDES
SPECIFIC HEAT
THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY
THERMAL EXPANSION
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
YOUNG MODULUS
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
CHALCOGENIDES
EXPANSION
GLASS
MATERIALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS
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