Elastic constants of glass melts above the glass transition temperature from ultrasonic and axial compression measurements

Abstract

It will be shown that on the basis of ultrasonic measurements in connection to density, viscosity and axial compression experiments the temperature- and frequency-dependent elastic constants and the maximum of attenuation can be determined. The ultrasonic measurements are extended over the whole temperature range from room temperature up to 1300 °C. Glasses and their melts with different chemical compositions (silicates and phosphates) and properties are investigated. The results are compared and correlated with those mechanical properties of melts which are obtained from axial compression measurements of cylindrical glass specimens, such as relaxation behaviour, brittleness, influence of redox conditions, etc. It is found that the results of the two methods are compatible. The advantage of the ultrasonic method is that it covers a larger viscosity-temperature range than the cylinder-compression method. The disadvantage is that it is restricted to the linear viscoelastic region.