Calorimetric studies of AgI-doped tellurite glasses

The heat capacity changes during the glass transition of TeO₂---TlO_0.5 glasses containing AgI or (AgI)_0.75(TlI)_0.25 up to mole fractions of 0.4 or 0.55 have been measured by differential scanning calorimetry. The glass transition temperatures of the binary compositions decrease with increasing TlO_0.5/TeO₂ ratio. With rising Ag⁺ concentration, the cohesion of the glass network is weakened and the structural contributions to the relaxation phenomenon as well as its activation enthalpies diminish. There is no interaction between the iodide in probably crystalline form and the host glass network. Compared with binary and ternary silver tellurite glasses, the corresponding thallium tellurite compositions are less stable.