Influences of Heat Treatments on Crystallization in SiO2-Al2O3-MgO-K2O-F Glass-ceramics

Five kinds of heating treatment processing were chosen according to the experiment result of differential scanning calorimeter to prepare SiO2-Al2O3-MgO-K2O-F glass ceramics samples.The effects of heat treatment processing on the crystallization of these samples were explored by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy techniques.The results indicate that phase separations can occur in the bulk regions of the glass sample when holding at 670 ℃ for 3 h.The phase separation can accelerate the precipitation of the crystallization phase: when the temperature directly rises to 950 ℃ after the phase separation,there are mainly interlocked plate-shapes mica phases;If holding at 860 ℃ for 3 h first after the phase separation,the star-shape cordierite phases form;Thereby,elevating temperature to 950 ℃ and holding for 1 h will bring plate-shapes mica phases growing at inter-phases of the star-shape cordierite and finally the homogeneously distributed mica- cordierite composites form.However,if heating at 950 ℃ directly without holding at 670 ℃,there is a small quantity of phase separation appearing at 670 ℃ and a little crystallization phases precipitating at last.