Substructure Classification of Silicate Glasses

Abstract

It is proposed that silicate glasses be classified in terms of substructures uniquely identified with primary crystallization phases. All glasses having compositions within the ranges or areas covered by a given primary crystallization phase field should constitute a separate glass type or class. This classification is definitive for properties determined principally by the silica frameworks or substructures. Such composition‐property relations can be reproduced by independent investigators if the properties are measured under temperature equilibrium conditions.