PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF GLASSES
VOL. 40, NO. 2, APRIL 1999

CONTENTS

PAPERS

49 Physicochemical properties and structure of Ga2S3-GeSa-La2S3-Ln2S3 glasses
(Ln=yttrium or lanthanoids)
H. HIGUCHI, R. KANNO, Y KAWAMOTO, M. TAKAHASHI & K. KADONO

54 Stability of metal ions in molten glass: the definition of reduction and oxidation
J. A. DUFFY

57 Spectroscopy of Sm^ ion in calcium metaphosphate glass
G. K. DAS MOIIAPATRA

63 FTIR and DTA study of structural transformations and crystallisation in
BaO-B(2)O(3)-TiO(2) glasses
A. ARONNE, S. ESPOSITO & R PERNICE

69 DC conductivity and polarisation in iron phosphate glasses
A. MOGU§-MILANKOVI('', D. E. DAY & B. SANTIC

75 Crystallisation kinetics of Fine barium hexaferrite, BaFe(12)o(19,) particles in a
glass matrix
K. WATANABE & K. HOSHI

79 Fatigue limit in borosilicate glass by interuppted static fatigue test
V. M. SGLAVO & S. RENZI

85 Density-structure correlations in CaO-SiO(2,) Na(2)O-CaO-SiO(2) and
K(2)O-CaO-SiO(2) glasses
H. DOWEIDAR

90 Physicochemical studies of some borate glasses containing nickel and titanium
oxides in relation to their structure
Z. A. EL-HADI & M. A. EL-BAK.I

99 Morphology and melting point of noble metal microcrystals in glass forming
melts
T, HOCHE, V. GUENCHEVA, R. PASCOVA & 1. GUTZOW

111 COMMUNICATION
Short range order of selenite glasses
S. NEOV, 1. GERASIMOVA, S.YORDANOV, L. LAK.OV, R MIKULA, P. LUKAS & Y DIMITRIE

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PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF GLASSES
VOL. 40 NO. I FEBRUARY 1999

PAPERS

1 Property characterisation of the extended lithium bismuthate glass system
M. MAYimW, D. HOGAN, K. WOODS, S. FELLER & M. AFFATIGATO

6 Infrared, Raman and XPS studies of vanadate glasses containing Ga(2) O (3)
D.ILIEVA,V.DIMITROV,Y.DIMITRIEV&G.BOGACHEV

12 Spectroscopy of Nd(3+) in calcium metaphosphate glass and the effect of Ce(3+)
ion impurity on its spectroscopic properties
G. K. DAS MOHAPATRA

18 Determination of the complex refractive index of thermally evaporated thin
Films of binary chalcogenide glasses by reflectance measurements
E. MARQLJEZ, J. M. GONZALEZ-LEAL, A.M. BERNAL-OLIVA, R. PRIETO-ALCON, P J. S. EWEN

26 Treatment of radiative transfer in glass melts: validity of Rosseland and P-l
approximations
K.-B. CHEONG, K.-M. MOON & T.-H. SONG

34 Field assisted replacement of Na+ by K+ Pb(2+), Zn(2+) and Sn(2+) in
soda-lime-silica glass
M. H. SHAABAN, A. A. AHMED & A. R.COOPER

40 Heat capacity at the glass transition in IV-V-VI glasses
A. SRINIVASAN & K. NANDAKUMAR

44 Structural, dielectric and optical properties of SrB^Oy-BaO-TiOz glasses
M.V.SHANKAR&K.B.R.VARMA

48 Conference diary
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PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF GLASSES

VOL. 40, NO. 3, JUNE 1999


i OBITUARY


113 Fluorescence and absorption spectra of rare earth metaphosphate glasses
T BKENNAN,J C KNIGIIT&G.A.SAUNDERS


122 Local structures of Er(3+) containing Ga(2)S(3)GeS(2)La(2)S(3) glass
H. HIGUCHI, R. KANNO, Y KAWAMOTO, M. TAKAHASHI &K, KADONO


126 Phase diagram estimation of the Al(2)O(3)-SiO(2)-Gd(20O(3)a system
LI UN, TANG ZHUJUN, SUN WBIYING&WANGPEILING


130 Density of mixed alkali silicate glasses
A, A, MHGAHED


135 Oriented crystallisation of lithium niobate containing glass ceramic in an
electric field and determination of the crystallographic orientation by infrared
spectroscopy
K.GERTH, CRUSSKL,R.KEDING,RSCHLEEVOIGT&H.DUNKEN


140 High resolution solid state NMR studies of ionically conductive
Li(2)S-SiS(2)-LiO(2)-P(2)O(5)oxysulphide glasses
A.HAYASm,R.ARAKI,K.TADANAGA,M.TATSUMISAGO&TMINAMl


146 Structure of Na(2)S- GeS(2) sulphide glasses—comparison with Na(2)O-GeO(2) oxide
glasses
Z, H.ZHOU, K. KAMIYA,K.TSUTSUMI,T HASHIMOTO&H.NASU


153 EPR study of vanadyl ion in CoO.MO.B(2)O(3)(M=Cd,Sr) glasses
I. CHAND, V P SETH, D, PRAKASH & S. K. GUPTA


157 Effects of salts on silicate glass dissolution in water: kinetics and mechanisms
of dissolution and surface cracking
C. L. WICKERS, A. E. VIEIRA,J.A. DEHNE, X.WANG, D. M. WILDER & A.BARKATT


171 DTA observation of phase transformation from cubic to tetragonal PbTiO(3) in
quaternary glass system: PbO-B(2)O(3)-TiO(2)BaO
S. W. LEE & H KNOIT


175 Raman scattering in Agl-Ag(2)O-P(2)O(5) glasses
R. BACEWICZ, R WORONIECKI & I GARBARCZYK


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VOL. 40 , NO. 4 , AUGUST 1999

179 Compositional dependences oF Judd-Ofelt parameters of Er(3+) in borosilicate
glasses
Z. YAO, Y, DING. T. NANhA&Y MIURA


184 Infrared spectra of hydrogen bonded hydroxyl groups in silicate glasses.
Are-interpretation
D. PZARUBIN


193 Interaction of manganese with interface sites in silica aerogels and partially
densified aerogels
N. ABIDI, B, DKROIDE, J. V ZANCHETTA & U. HADDAD


199 Infrared spectra, band frequencies and structure of sodium germanate glasses
A. M, HFIMOV


207 Formation and properties of gadolinium aluminoborate glasses
J. E.SHELBY&S, R, SIIELBY


212 Preparation and optical properties of transparent tellurite based glass ceramics
doped by Er(3+) and Bu(3+)
H.oishi,Y.Benion& T.Komatsu


219 Evaluation of spectral parameters of Nd(3+) ion in borate glasses.
Part 2, Judd-Ofelt parameters
G.AJITH KVMAR,R R, BIJU &N,V UNNIKRISHNAN


225 Glass forming tendency and thermal properties ofchalcogenide glass
Ge-Se-Te-Sn
XIAN FENG, IU-hANG ^U I^ENCYING LIN,QLJANQINGCHBN&ZHIYUWANG


229 Thermal, physical and spectroscopic investigations of P(2)O(56)A(2)MoO(4)-A(2)O
(A=Li, Na) glasses
L BIU, N,ALLALI, A.YACOUBI.A.NADIRI,a BOUDUCH.M, HADDAD & A. LEVASSEUR


235 Thcrmodynamic activity of nickel oxide in alkali nickel silicate glasses
R. S.SINGH & S. P. SINGH


242 Eighth International Conference on the Structure of Non-Crystalline Materials


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