The Preparation and Characterization of Nd{sub 2}O{sub 3} Doped Borate Glass

Journal Article · Wed Jul 07 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3469669· OSTI ID:21410539

Razali, Wan Aizuddin Wan; Kasim, Azman; Mohamed, Ruziana ^[1]

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1. Optical Material Group, Universiti Teknologi MARA Pahang, Bandar Jengka, Pahang (Malaysia)

The Nd{sup 3+} doped borate glass of Nd{sub 2}O{sub 3}-MgO-ZnO-B{sub 2}O{sub 3} glass system is successfully been prepared by melt-quenched technique. Batches of 15g were prepared from certified reagent grades of B{sub 2}O{sub 3}(99.95% purity), MgO (97%), ZnO (98% purity), and Nd{sub 2}O{sub 3}(99.99%). The measured glass densities are found varies from 5683.2 kgm{sup -3} to 5724.0 kgm{sup -3}. The increment in density implies that an addition of Nd{sub 2}O{sub 3} with higher atomic masses than B{sub 2}O{sub 3} tend to increase the packing density of the glass structures since the atomic masses of B{sub 2}O{sub 3} and Nd{sub 2}O{sub 3} are 69.62 and 336.42 respectively. From the density values obtained, the molar volume of glasses was calculated. From the results, it is found that the molar volume of these glasses decreases slightly from 22.50 cm{sup 3} to 27.54 cm{sup 3} with respect to Nd{sub 2}O{sub 3} content.

• OSTI ID: 21410539
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1250, Issue 1; Conference: PERFIK2009: National physics conference 2009, Malacca (Malaysia), 7-9 Dec 2009; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3469669; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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NEODYMIUM ADDITIONS
NEODYMIUM IONS
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PACKINGS
ZINC OXIDES
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CHALCOGENIDES
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IONS
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RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS
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