STRUCTURAL STUDY OF x(Fe2O3·V2O5)·(100-x)[P2O5·Li2O] GLASS SYSTEM BY FTIR SPECTROSCOPY

Abstract

Glasses of the x( Fe 2 O 3· V 2 O 5)·(100-x)[ P 2 O 5· Li 2 O ] system, with 0≤x≤50 mol %, were prepared and investigated by FTIR spectroscopy in an attempt to determine the local structure of glasses. The interpretation of the obtained IR spectra revealed the presence and the dependence of the local structural units in the studied glasses on the iron and vanadium ions content. The results showed that phosphate units are the main structural units of the glass system and the iron and vanadium ions are located in the network. The increasing of iron and vanadium ions content indicate a gradual decreasing in the number of bridging oxygen ions and an increasing in the number of nonbridging oxygen ions.