Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of TeO2-ZnCl2-Nb2O5-TiO2 Based Glass System Under Various Temperatures

Abstract

The objective of this study is to design a unique glass network composed of TeO2-ZnCl2-Nb2O5-TiO2 to investigate the microstructural and mechanical properties. In this experiment, the proposed glass network was produced using melt quenching method. The microstructural properties and hardnesses was derived from the XRD, SEM and Vicker’s Hardness measurements. Microstructures and crystalline phases was determined using the XRD diffractometry from 20 to 90 range. The estimated crystalline phases of the prepared glass samples were -TeO2 and -TiO2. As a conclusion, tellurite-based oxide glass materials have become very much promising candidate in the areas like fiber optics, optical communication, white LED, quantum dot, quantum computing, laser technology, photonics due to their second harmonic properties.