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A transmission electron microscope study of glass-ceramics

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A technique for preparing thin foils of glass-ceramics for transmission electron microscopy has been developed, using a combination of chemical, abrasion and ion-beam machining. This has permitted a study of the microstructural development in a number of glasses of different chemical compositions subjected to various heat-treatments. Results are presented and discussed for materials based on the Li2O-SiO2 system and on a more complex Li2O-K2O-ZnO-SiO2 material employing phosphorus pentoxide as a nucleation catalyst.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

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Hing, P., McMillan, P.W. A transmission electron microscope study of glass-ceramics. J Mater Sci 8, 340–348 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00550153

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