Synergistic Effect of K2O and Al2O3 on the Crystallization and Structure of Na2O-CaO-SiO2-MgO-Al2O3-ZnO of Glass-Ceramics

Abstract

The Na2O-CaO-SiO2-MgO-Al2O3-ZnO glass-ceramics was prepared from the phosphorus slag as main primary raw materials by melt quenching technique. The effects of K2O and Al2O3 on crystallization behavior and structure of glass-ceramics were investigated by DSC, XRD and SEM. It is shown that the main crystalline phase is combeite (Na4Ca4(Si6O18)) in glass-ceramics. K2O and Al2O3 do not change the main crystalline phase of glass-ceramics, but K2O increases the crystallization temperature, Al2O3 increases the crystallization temperature, obviously decreases the grain size. The K2O isometric replaces Na2O at the same time the Al2O3 isometric to replace SiO2, reduced the grain size.