Modern glass characterization /

The book consists of a series of edited chapters, each written by an expert in the field and focusing on a particular characterization technique as applied to glass. The book covers a variety of techniques ranging from the very common (like Raman and FTIR) to the most recent (and less well known) on...

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Other Authors: Affatigato, Mario (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons Inc., [2015]
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Table of Contents:
  • Title page; Copyright; PREFACE; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; 1 DENSITY, THERMAL PROPERTIES, AND THE GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE OF GLASSES; Part I: Introduction to Physical Properties and Their Uses; Part II: Density; 1.1 DENSITY: EXPERIMENTAL BACKGROUND AND THEORY; Part III: Thermal Effects with a Focus on the Glass Transition Temperature; 1.2 OVERVIEW; 1.3 EXPERIMENTAL METHODS AND THEORY; 1.4 INSTRUMENTATION USED FOR DETERMINING Tg AND RELATED THERMAL EVENTS; 1.5 ANALYSIS OF DATA AND EXTRACTION OF USEFUL INFORMATION
  • 1.6 CASE STUDIES FROM GLASS SYSTEMS1.7 CONCLUSION TO THERMAL PROPERTIES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; 2 INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY OF GLASSES; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 BACKGROUND AND THEORY; 2.3 INSTRUMENTATION; 2.4 ANALYSIS OF INFRARED DATA; 2.5 CASE STUDIES; 2.6 CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; 3 RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY OF GLASSES; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 BACKGROUND; 3.3 INSTRUMENTATION AND DATA ANALYSIS; 3.4 CASE STUDIES; 3.5 CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; 4 BRILLOUIN LIGHT SCATTERING
  • 4.1 INTRODUCTION4.2 BACKGROUND AND THEORY; 4.3 INSTRUMENTATION; 4.4 DATA ANALYSIS AND INFORMATION CONTENT; 4.5 EXAMPLES OF CASE STUDIES; 4.6 SUMMARY; REFERENCES; 5 NEUTRON DIFFRACTION TECHNIQUES FOR STRUCTURAL STUDIES OF GLASSES; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 INSTRUMENTATION; 5.3 THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF NEUTRON DIFFRACTION ON GLASSES; 5.4 THE APPLICATION OF NEUTRON DIFFRACTION TO STUDIES OF GLASS STRUCTURE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING; Notes; 6 X-RAY DIFFRACTION FROM GLASS; 6.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 6.2 BACKGROUND/THEORY6.3 ANALYSIS OF DATA, EXTRACTION OF USEFUL INFORMATION; 6.4 INSTRUMENTATION; 6.5 CASE STUDIES; 6.6 CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; 7 XAFS SPECTROSCOPY AND GLASS STRUCTURE; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 THE ORIGINS OF X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTRA; 7.3 XAFS INSTRUMENTATION; 7.4 THE PHYSICAL MECHANISM OF XAFS; 7.5 EXAFS; 7.6 XAFS DATA ANALYSIS; 7.7 EXAFS ACCURACY AND LIMITATIONS; 7.8 XANES; 7.9 XAFS SPECTROSCOPY APPLIED TO GLASS STRUCTURE: SOME EXAMPLES; 7.10 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES
  • 8 NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY OF GLASSES8.1 INTRODUCTION; 8.2 THEORETICAL BACKGROUND; 8.3 INSTRUMENTATION; 8.4 DATA ANALYSIS AND STRUCTURAL INTERPRETATION; 8.5 CASE STUDIES; 8.6 CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; 9 ADVANCED DIPOLAR SOLID STATE NMR SPECTROSCOPY OF GLASSES; 9.1 INTRODUCTION; 9.2 THEORETICAL ASPECTS; 9.3 HETERONUCLEAR EXPERIMENTS; 9.4 HOMONUCLEAR EXPERIMENTS; 9.5 CASE STUDIES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; 10 ATOM PROBE TOMOGRAPHY OF GLASSES; 10.1 INTRODUCTION