Abstract
The glasses with the composition (80 − x)V2O5·20Bi2O3·xBaTiO3 with x = 2.5, 5, 7.5 and 10 mol % were prepared by a melting technique. The crystallization behavior and the microstructure of the glasses were investigated by using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The mean value of the activation energy of structural relaxation (〈Eg〉) decreased from 395 ± 3 to 369 ± 1.83 kJ/mol when BaTiO3 increased from 2.5 to 10 mol %. The activation energies obtained by the methods Kissinger and Ozawa were in the range from 213 ± 0.65 to 256 ± 1.23 kJ/mol. Different analysis methods were used to estimate the Avrami exponents. Their values range from 4.26 ± 0.6 to 2.62 ± 0.11 for the exothermic peak of the prepared glasses. Moreover, synthesized glasses-ceramic containing BaTi4O9 and Ba3TiV4O15 were estimated by using XRD.
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•The incorporation of BaTiO3 into the glass leads to increasing glass transition temperature.•The activation energy for structural relaxation at Tg in the range 369–395 kJ mol−1.•Orthorhombic BaTi4O9 particles homogeneously dispersed and well separated in glasses–ceramics matrix.