Redox behaviour of iron bearing glass fibres during heat treatment under atmospheric conditions

Abstract

Systematic pre-oxidation experiments in the glass transition region have been carried out on iron bearing aluminosihcate glass fibres in air. The pre-oxidized fibres are up-scanned in a simultaneous thermal analyser to a temperature of 1273 Κ under atmospheric conditions in order to measure the increase in mass, which is a consequence of the oxidation of ferrous iron to ferric iron. Based on the Mössbauer spectroscopic measurements, an approach has been proposed to calculate the redox State of the iron from the increase in mass of the fibres. The quantitative relationships have been found between the redox State of the fibres and both the pre-oxidation temperature and the pre-oxidation duration. These relationships can be used to predict the degree of oxidation of the fibres by knowing the heat treatment conditions and vice versa.