V. M. Bouznik

Oxyfluoride Glasses (A Review)

The influence of oxygen on the glass formation and the structure of oxyfluoride glasses has been considered using different glass systems containing fluorine and oxygen.

Ionic conduction in glasses in the MnNbOF5-BaF2-BiF3 system

The electrical conductivity of oxyfluoride glasses in the MnNbOF5-BaF2-BiF3 system in the temperature range 299–550 K was studied by impedance spectroscopy. It was shown that the conductivity is mainly caused by fluoride ions forming fluorobismuth polyhedra in the glass structure, being as high as 7.46 × 10−3 S/cm (533 K) in the 20MnNbOF5-30BaF2-50BiF3 system reaches, which is at the level of the best values for fluoride glasses.

Effect of polarizing signal duty cycle on the composition, morphology, and protective properties of PEO coatings on AMg3 aluminum alloy

This paper presents a study aimed at assessing the effect of polarizing signal duty cycle D in the plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) process on the composition, morphology, and protective properties of coatings produced on AMg3 aluminum alloy in a tartrate-containing electrolyte. It is shown that increasing the duty cycle of a short-pulse (τ = 5 μs) polarizing signal leads to a decrease in the porosity of the growing PEO layers. This, in turn, improves the protective properties and surface strength of the alloy. The pulse duty cycle influences the chemical composition and thickness of the growing oxide coatings.

InF3-based bismuth-containing glasses

Glasses have been prepared in the InF3-BiF3-BaF2-PbF2-ZnF2-LnF3 (Ln = Eu, Tm) system. The short-range and medium-range order structure of the glass network is discussed on the basis of IR and Raman spectroscopy data. The effect of bismuth trifluoride on the thermal properties, structure, and photo-luminescence properties of glasses was studied. Bismuth trifluoride doping improves the thermal parameters of glasses. The polyhedra formed by bismuth trifluoride in the glass are not involved in the medium-range order. In rare-earth-containing glasses, strong photoluminescence was discovered in the range 530–560 nm with excitation by the Raman-masking 532-nm wavelength. Bismuth in the glass enhances the europium photoluminescence level in the glass of the InF3-BiF3-BaF2-PbF2-ZnF2-EuF3 system.

Glass transition and composite formation in InF3-containing oxyfluoroniobate system

The glasses in the system MnNbOF5-BaF2-InF3 have been firstly synthesized and studied. The thermal parameters of these glasses are analyzed. It was stated that glass of the composition 40MnNbOF5-40BaF2-20InF3 is the most thermal stable in the system under study. By X-ray analysis the compositions of the crystalline phases obtained at the glass thermal treatment were determined: the main phases are Ba3In2F12 and BaNbOF5. By Raman and IR spectra analysis it was stated that the networks of glasses in the system are built by the structural type of the glasses in NbO2F-BaF2 system: (NbOnFm) polyhedra joined oxygen bridges. Indium trifluoride forms InF6 polyhedra, which are embeded between oxyfluoroniobate ions, forming a common networks or forms its own layers from InF6 polyhedra. IR-spectroscopy method showed that at devitrification of the sample 30MnNbOF5-50BaF2-20InF3 the band position and shape change in going from glass state to crystalline. The bands in the range 900–700 cm−1 shift into the low-frequency...