MICROPHASE SEPARATION

&
DELAMINATION
IN GLASS
Arun K. Varshneya, PhD
Professor of Glass Sci. & Eng., Emeritus
NY State College of Ceramics
at Alfred University
President
Saxon Glass Technologies, Inc.
200 N. Main St., Alfred NY 14802
varshneya@alfred.edu www.saxonglass.com
Delamination:
Ron Iacocca & M. Allgeier,
J. Mater. Sci. (2007)42:801-811
Flakes several microns in width,
submicron thickness.
Perhaps high-silica phase.
After Ron G. Iacocca and
Matthew Allgeier, J. Mater. Sci.
(2007)42:801-811
After Ron G. Iacocca and
Matthew Allgeier, J. Mater. Sci.
(2007)42:801-811
After Ron G. Iacocca and
Matthew Allgeier, J. Mater. Sci.
(2007)42:801-811
How is glass
formed?
Avoid
crystallization
during
cooling.
The volume-temperature diagram
Phase
equilibrium
diagram for
common
soda lime
silica glass
One expects to have tridymite crystals to appear; may be quartz
metastably. Do delamination flakes show crystalline nature?
Metastable liquid-liquid immiscibility in glass-
forming liquids
SiO
2
B
2
O
3
Na
2
O
Fiolax
After W. Haller, D. H. Blackburn, F. E. Wagstaff & R. J. Charles, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 1970
B
2
O
3 SiO
2
Na
2
O
Fiolax
J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 63(3-4), 106-201 (1980)
CONCLUSIONS
(1) Type 1-Sodium borosilicate glasses can
phase separate depending upon heat
treatment and time within the immiscibility
dome.
(2)No phase separation is expected if any
process treats glass above immsicibility
dome with rapid cooling thereafter.
(3)Generally a high thermal expansion, low
durability sodium borate-rich phase and a
low thermal expansion, high durability
silica-rich phase separate.
(4) The cooling of the microstructure causes the
sodium borate-rich phase to be in tension and
the silica-rich phase to be in compression.
(5) Dissolution of the sodium borate-rich phase
then causes swelling of the silica-rich phase and
hence delamination.
(6) Introduction of a high surface compression can
reduce the opportunity to delaminate. (Chemical
strengthening..)
CONCLUSIONS, PAGE 2