Quantification of the disorder in network-modified silicate glasses.

Farnan, I; Grandinetti, P J; Baltisberger, J H; Stebbins, J F; Werner, U; Eastman, M A; Pines, A · Nature · 1992

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Local order in silicate glasses has been observed by many experimental techniques to be similar to that in crystalline materials. Details of the intermediate-range order are more elusive, but essential for understanding the lack of long-range symmetry in glasses and the effect of composition on glass structure. Two-dimensional 17O dynamic-angle-spinning nuclear magnetic resonance experiments reveal intermediate-range order in the distribution of inter-tetrahedral (Si-O-Si) bond angles and a high degree of order in the disposition of oxygen atoms around the network-modifying cations.

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