This book investigates the effect of sintering temperature on willemite based glass-ceramic doped with different content of Er2O3. It is the first to report research on producing willemite by using waste materials and using trivalent erbium (Er3+) as a dopant. This book provides a survey of the literature on glass and glass-ceramic, while comprehensive experiments and analysis have been performed on the material used.

Describes the density and linear shrinkage of willemite-based glass ceramic added with different content of Er2O3 and sintered at various temperatures Discusses the characterization of the crystal phase and microstructure of fabricated willemite-based glass ceramic Demonstrates the optimization of the Er2O3 and sintering temperature for willemite-based glass ceramic Investigates the optical properties of Er2O3 doped willemite-based glass ceramic utilizing ultra-visible (UV-VIS) spectroscopy

Autorentext

Gholamreza Vahedi Sarrigani is a PhD student in University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. His current project focuses on gas separation using membrane technology. Iraj Sadegh Amiri received his B. Sc (Applied Physics) from Public University of Oroumiyeh, Iran in 2001 and a gold medalist M. Sc. (Physics/Optics)) from University Technology Malaysia (UTM), in 2009. He was awarded a PhD degree in Physics (photonics) in Jan 2014. He has been doing research on several topics such as the optical soliton communications, laser physics, plasmonics photonics devices, nonlinear fiber optics, optoelectronics devices using 2D materials, waveguides, quantum cryptography and nanotechnology engineering.

Inhalt

Introduction for Glass and Glass- Ceramic Background.- Literature Review of Glass-Ceramics and Willemite from Waste Materials.- Methodology for Preparation Samples from Waste and Techniques for Characterization.- Results and Discussion for Xrd.Ftir, Uv-Vis and Pl.- Conclusion and Future Research in the Glass-Ceramic Field.