Jj. Shyu et al., CONTROLLED PHASE-TRANSFORMATIONS BY GLASS PARTICLE-SIZE IN SPODUMENE AND CORDIERITE GLASS-CERAMICS, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 79(7), 1996, pp. 1971-1974
The effects of the particle size of initial glass powders on the phase
transformations in Li2O-Al2O3-SiO2 and MgO-Al2O3-SiO2 glass ceramics
were investigated. Both materials undergo crystallization of glass to
a metastable phase and a subsequent metastable-stable transformation.
As particle size is decreased, the crystallization of glass to the met
astable phase is accelerated, because of the increase in the total num
ber of nucleating sites on the particle surfaces. The metastable-stabl
e transformation is restricted as the particle size is decreased. This
phenomenon is explained by the decrease in the crystal size of the me
tastable phase as a result of decreasing the particle size. The metast
able-stable transformation of the fine crystals is restricted by the c
onstraint imposed by the surrounding matrix.