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Thermal relaxation of Si-O-Si bond angle has been studied in 1 MeV B+-
ion, 1 MeV O+-ion and 4 MeV Ni2+-ion implanted silica glasses by infra
red reflection and visible and near-infrared reflection spectroscopy.
It is found that the change in Si-O-Si bond angle is not proportional
to the change in molar volume upon annealing. It is deduced that the r
elaxation mechanism of Si-O-Si bond angle accompanied by little densit
y change has an activation energy of about 100 kJ mol(-1). (C) 1998 El
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