Abstract:
The Silicate glasses in TiO
2/SiO
2-Al
2O
3-MgO system doping with 0-1.8 wt% TiO
2 were prepared by the conventional melt quenching technique, and the effects of TiO
2 on the density, bending strength, compressive strength, compression modulus and structural stability were investigated. When the content of TiO
2 is less than 1.5 wt% (mass fraction), the density, bending strength, compressive strength and compression modulus increase with the increasing of TiO
2 content, and the optical band gap decreases with the TiO
2 content increasing. As the content of TiO
2 is more than 1.5 wt%, the density, bending strength, compressive strength and compression modulus decrease with the increasing of TiO
2 content, and the optical band gap increases with the increasing of TiO
2 content. When the content of TiO
2 is 1.5 wt%, the mechanical properties of the TiO
2/SiO
2-Al
2O
3-MgO system is excellent, and the bending strength, compressive strength, compression modulus and optical band gap of the glasses is 110.36 MPa, 240.18 MPa, 115.03 GPa and 3.75 eV, respectively. The addition of TiO
2 reduces the numbers of the non-bridging oxygen in the glass network structure, increasing the structural stability of the investigated glasses. So the network structure of the isolated island is rejoined, which significantly improve the mechanical properties of the glass. However, excessive TiO
2 force its structure of the bridge oxygen bond to generate non-bridging oxygen, which significantly reduces the structural stability and mechanical properties of the investigated glasses.