Thermal stability and glass transition kinetics in GeTeSb glasses by using non-isothermal measurement

In this paper we have analysed the thermal properties of three different compositions of chalcogenide glasses Ge15Te85-xSbx (x=0.5, 1, 1.5). The samples have been prepared using the melt quenching technique and the characterisation is done using X-ray diffraction. The compositional dependence on properties were studied using Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) analysis using non-isothermal measurement. The glassy sample crystallized by two transition temperatures T-g1 and T-g2. The dependence of glass transition temperature on heating rate has been studied by Lasocka empirical relation and the Kissinger equation. As a result, the apparent activation energy for glass transition has been determined. Thermal stability has also been determined from the temperature difference between the onset crystallization and glass transition temperature.