Structure of zinc-borate low-melting glasses derived from IR spectroscopy data

The IR spectra of glasses of the ZnO—SrO—B₂O₃ system with constant additions of PbO, Al₂O₃, and Li₂O (20 mol. % in sum) were studied. It is established that on replacement of B₂O₃ by ZnO, the structure of the glasses is characterized by the presence of groupings with the bridge bonds B^III— O—B^III, B^III—O—B^IV, B^IV—O—B^IV and end groups B^III— O⁻; ZnO practically exerts no influence on the coordination transition BO₃] → BO₄]. At a high content of ZnO, zinc ions are present in both a six-and a four-coordinated state. __________ Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 72, No. 6, pp. 778–781, November–December, 2005.