Competitive effects of free volume, rigidity, and self-adaptivity on indentation response of silicoaluminoborate glasses

Pengfei Liu, Kacper Januchta, Lars R. Jensen, Mathieu Bauchy, Morten M. Smedskjaer*

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Abstract

Lithium aluminoborate glasses have recently been found to feature high resistance to crack initiation during indentation, but suffer from relatively low hardness and chemical durability. To further understand the mechanical properties of this glass family and their correlation with the network structure, we here study the effect of adding SiO2 to a 25Li2O–20Al2O3–55B2O3 glass on the structure and mechanical properties. Addition of silica increases the average network rigidity, but meanwhile its open tetrahedral structure decreases the atomic packing density. Consequently, we only observe a minor increase in hardness and glass transition temperature, and a decrease in Poisson's ratio. The addition of SiO2, and thus removal of Al2O3 and/or B2O3, also makes the network less structurally adaptive to applied stress, since Al and B easily increase their coordination number under pressure, while this is not the case for Si under modest pressures. As such, although the silica-containing networks have more free volume, they cannot densify more during indentation, which in turn leads to an overall decrease in crack resistance upon SiO2 addition. Our work shows that, although pure silica glass has very high glass transition temperature and relatively high hardness, its addition in oxide glasses does not necessarily lead to significant increase in these properties due to the complex structural interactions in mixed network former glasses and the competitive effects of free volume and network rigidity.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftJournal of the American Ceramic Society
Vol/bind103
Udgave nummer2
Sider (fra-til)944-954
Antal sider11
ISSN0002-7820
DOI
StatusUdgivet - feb. 2020

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