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Crystallization kinetics of glass microspheres with yttrium aluminium garnet (YAG) composition

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A combination of sol–gel Pechini method and flame synthesis was used to prepare yttrium aluminate glass microspheres with the garnet composition (YAG, 62.5 mol% aluminium oxide, 37.5 mol% yttrium oxide). Prepared glass microbeads were studied by optical microscopy, SEM, X-ray diffraction (XRD), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and high-temperature (HT) XRD analysis. Formation of YAG as the only crystalline phase was observed during HT XRD experiment in the temperature interval (750–1200 °C), with the onset of YAG phase crystallization in the temperature interval 860–870 °C and most prominent increase in the YAG phase content between 905 and 910 °C. The experimental data obtained by DSC analysis and the Johnson–Mehl–Avrami–Kolmogorov model were used for determination of crystallization behaviour of the studied system. The frequency factor A = 5.2 × 1048 ± 9.6 × 1048 min−1, apparent activation energy E app = 1100 ± 10 kJ mol−1 and the Avrami coefficient m = 4 were determined. The linear temperature dependence of nucleation rate, reaction-controlled crystal growth interface and a 3-D crystal growth were confirmed in the studied system.

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The financial support of this work by the project SAS-MOST JRP 2015/6, VEGA 1/0631/14 and APVV 0014-15 is gratefully acknowledged. This publication was created in the frame of the project “Centre of excellence for ceramics, glass, and silicate materials” ITMS code 262 201 20056, based on the Operational Program Research and Development funded from the European Regional Development Fund.

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Prnová, A., Plško, A., Valúchová, J. et al. Crystallization kinetics of glass microspheres with yttrium aluminium garnet (YAG) composition. J Therm Anal Calorim 131, 1115–1123 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-017-6690-9

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