Samples from binary lead borate glass system doped with minor quantities of copper have been prepared by conventional melt-annealing technique. X-ray diffraction (XRD) has been used to prove the amorphous nature of prepared glasses. Structural and optical properties were investigated using FTIR and UV-vis. Spectroscopic investigations were approved using density function theory (DFT) calculatio...

A new series of anhydrous protonated chalcogenide glasses, xH2S + (1 − x)B2S3, analogous to alkalimodified glasses, have been prepared. The preparation of these glasses was carried out in multiple steps. First crystalline meta-thioboric acid, c-(HBS2)3, was prepared from vitreous boron sulfide, v-B2S3. c-(HBS2)3 was then used as a precursor for protonation to prepare a series of xH2S + (1 − x)B...

X-ray absorption spectra (XAS) were collected and analyzed to characterize bismuth (Bi) environments in borosilicate glass formulations developed for the immobilization of high level nuclear wastes (HLW), from the bismuth phosphate process. Therefore, the structural role of Bi in these glasses is of interest; in addition in the present study, more particular interest in Bi originated from unusu...

Lithium borate glasses with fixed alkali content of 10 Mole % and different modifiers have been prepared. To compare the role of fly ash as a glass modifier the content of glass modifier PbO, Al2O3 have been kept same to 5 mole %. To investigate the structure FTIR and UV-VIS spectra of prepared samples have been taken. From optical data optical band gap and cutoff wavelength have been calculate...