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Knowledge of the structure of silicate glasses is one key to understanding their chemical and physical properties, as well as those of the high-temperature liquids from which they form. Because first-neighbour ordering into SiO4 tetrahedra is well known, much of the recent discussion about glass structure has concerned intermediate-range order. One of the most fundamental questions that can be posed is the distribution of silicate tetrahedra with n bridging oxygens (shared between two tetrahedra), labelled as 'Qn' (0≤ n≤4). This distribution is probably important in determining the properties of melts and glasses, but considerable controversy exists concerning the identification and quantification of such species. Here I present new evidence from 29Si NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) Spectroscopy that clearly resolves one significant part of this dispute: at least in sodium silicate glasses, a variety of species is present that is greater than that required by composition alone.
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Stebbins, J. Identification of multiple structural species in silicate glasses by 29Si NMR. Nature 330, 465–467 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1038/330465a0
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