The environment around Sr in silicate and aluminosilicate glass has been st
udied by neutron and anomalous x-ray diffraction and reverse Monte Carlo mo
deling. The first Sr-O distances are smaller in the silicate glass than in
the aluminosilicate glass, which can be related to the different structural
role of the element in the glass structure. We found Sr-Sr distances at ab
out 4 and 7 Angstrom in both glasses, which implies a nonhomogeneous spatia
l distribution.