The Debye-Waller factor approaching the glass-transition temperature in phosphate glasses

• The temperature dependence of the mean square displacement, 〈u2〉, calculated by elastic neutron scattering for two phosphate glasses, (AgI)x(AgPO3)1-x with x = 0.3, 0.55, is analysed. The studied samples are probed in a wide range of temperatures going from a few tens of K up to the glass transition temperature and well into the undercooled liquid state. In the low temperature regime a solid like behaviour appears, showing a linear temperature dependence of the Debye-Waller factor, while around Tg the onset of a pronounced increase of 〈u2〉 is observed. The temperature dependence of the normalized elastic intensity and the drawn out Debye-Waller factor are fitted and analyzed by the theoretical previsions of Mode Coupling Theory finding a good agreement. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Subject headings

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Materialteknik -- Keramteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Materials Engineering -- Ceramics (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Atom- och molekylfysik och optik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Den kondenserade materiens fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Condensed Matter Physics (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Structural relaxation

Neutron diffraction/scattering

Glass transition

Phosphates

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