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A gravimetric method for determination of water in phosphate glasses

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Title A gravimetric method for determination of water in phosphate glasses
 
Creator Kundu, Dipali
Roy, S K
 
Subject Glass
 
Description A simple gravimetric method for determination of water in phosphate glass systems has been developed. The method involves a chemical reaction between Al2O3 (used as a releasing agent) and acid phosphate of the glass system at 700° C. The reaction products have been found to be AlPO4 and H2O. The loss in weight due to expulsion of water has been directly measured. The selection of anhydrous Al2O3 as a releasing agent, optimum temperature and time of heating have been established from XRD and DTA. The ratio of releasing agent to sample (5:1) has been found to be adequate for release of water from the matrix. The method has been applied to the determination of water content of various glass systems, e.g. (i) ZnO—P2O5—H2O, (ii) ZnO-CaO-K2O—P2O5—H2O, (iii) MnO—K2O—P2O5—H2O. The results obtained compared favourably with the theoretical values.
 
Publisher Indian Ceramic Society
 
Date 1988
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://cgcri.csircentral.net/2292/1/kundu.pdf
Kundu, Dipali and Roy, S K (1988) A gravimetric method for determination of water in phosphate glasses. Transactions of the Indian Ceramic Society, 47 (5). 147-148, 155. ISSN 0371-750X
 
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