Understanding the crystallization mechanism of a wollastonite base glass using isoconversional, IKP methods and master plots

The complex development of crystals found in the crystallization of a SiO2-Al2O3-CaO-Na2O glass has been explained using Differential Thermal Analysis. The crystal growth process has been studied using isoconversional, invariant kinetic parameters and master plots methods. The applied kinetic models...

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Autores: Pérez, Juan M., Teixeira, Silvio R., Rincón López, Jesús María, Romero, Maximina
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/132195
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/132195
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Compensation effect
DTA
master plot
wollastonite
glass-ceramic
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Sumario:The complex development of crystals found in the crystallization of a SiO2-Al2O3-CaO-Na2O glass has been explained using Differential Thermal Analysis. The crystal growth process has been studied using isoconversional, invariant kinetic parameters and master plots methods. The applied kinetic models have revealed activation energy values that are over 360 kJ/mol and 385 kJ/mol by employing the integral and differential kinetic methods, respectively. The crystallization process schedule that was previously observed by scanning electron microscopy has been corroborated in this study using the kinetic methods. The crystallization of wollastonite occurs through a complex two-stage mechanism, with early three-dimensional growth of crystals (A3 mechanism) on the surface of glass particles followed by one-dimensional growth of needles (A3/2 mechanism) towards the interior of grains. The results presented in this paper are in agreement with a previous paper that employed the Kissinger non-isothermal method and the Ligero approximation