Processing–structure–property relationships of Y2O3- and ZnO-modified MgO–Al2O3–SiO2 glasses for high-modulus fiber drawing
Abstract
Magnesium aluminosilicate (MAS) glasses are attractive candidates for high-modulus (HM) reinforcing fibres but are prone to crystallisation, which restricts the usable forming window. Four MAS compositions modified with Y2O3 (T9, V9) or a combined Y 2 O 3 /ZnO addition (T10, V10) were investigated on a single experimental platform to define the window for crystallisation-free fibre drawing. Two base glasses were compared: an MgO-rich, Al 2 O 3 -lean variant (T series) and an Al 2 O 3 -rich, MgO-lean variant (V series). Compositions were verified by ICP-OES/MS, and characterised by dilatometry, DSC, rotational viscometry with Vogel–Fulcher–Tammann fits, gradient-furnace liquidus measurement and X-ray diffraction. The V series shows a glass transition 30–40 K above the T series and a 20 % lower thermal expansion coefficient. Substituting half of the Y 2 O 3 by ZnO lowers the glass transition by 13–30 K and raises the liquidus of the Al 2 O 3 -rich base from 1311 to 1340 °C. The DSC crystallisation onset lies a near-constant 33–37 K above the glass transition across all four glasses, indicating a kinetic barrier set by the MAS network rather than by the modifiers. All four were drawn into fully amorphous continuous fibres from nozzle temperatures only 40–69 K above their liquidus, and remain calorimetrically indistinguishable from the parent glass; V10, drawn 40 K above the highest liquidus, is the most stringent case. Crystallisation-free forming is therefore controlled by the rapid quench inherent to filament drawing rather than by a positive thermodynamic margin. The results support Y 2 O 3 -rich, Al 2 O 3 -rich compositions for HM-MAS fibre scale-up.
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BibTeX
@misc{dafir2026processingstructureproperty,
title = {{Processing–structure–property relationships of Y2O3- and ZnO-modified MgO–Al2O3–SiO2 glasses for high-modulus fiber drawing}},
author = {Muawia Dafir and Holger Cebulla and Martin Kilo},
howpublished = {ChemRxiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.26434/chemrxiv.15009045/v1},
url = {https://chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.26434/chemrxiv.15009045/v1},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Processing–structure–property relationships of Y2O3- and ZnO-modified MgO–Al2O3–SiO2 glasses for high-modulus fiber drawing
AU - Muawia Dafir
AU - Holger Cebulla
AU - Martin Kilo
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/18
PB - ChemRxiv
DO - 10.26434/chemrxiv.15009045/v1
UR - https://chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.26434/chemrxiv.15009045/v1
AB - Magnesium aluminosilicate (MAS) glasses are attractive candidates for high-modulus (HM) reinforcing fibres but are prone to crystallisation, which restricts the usable forming window. Four MAS compositions modified with Y2O3 (T9, V9) or a combined Y 2 O 3 /ZnO addition (T10, V10) were investigated on a single experimental platform to define the window for crystallisation-free fibre drawing. Two base glasses were compared: an MgO-rich, Al 2 O 3 -lean variant (T series) and an Al 2 O 3 -rich, MgO-lean variant (V series). Compositions were verified by ICP-OES/MS, and characterised by dilatometry, DSC, rotational viscometry with Vogel–Fulcher–Tammann fits, gradient-furnace liquidus measurement and X-ray diffraction. The V series shows a glass transition 30–40 K above the T series and a 20 % lower thermal expansion coefficient. Substituting half of the Y 2 O 3 by ZnO lowers the glass transition by 13–30 K and raises the liquidus of the Al 2 O 3 -rich base from 1311 to 1340 °C. The DSC crystallisation onset lies a near-constant 33–37 K above the glass transition across all four glasses, indicating a kinetic barrier set by the MAS network rather than by the modifiers. All four were drawn into fully amorphous continuous fibres from nozzle temperatures only 40–69 K above their liquidus, and remain calorimetrically indistinguishable from the parent glass; V10, drawn 40 K above the highest liquidus, is the most stringent case. Crystallisation-free forming is therefore controlled by the rapid quench inherent to filament drawing rather than by a positive thermodynamic margin. The results support Y 2 O 3 -rich, Al 2 O 3 -rich compositions for HM-MAS fibre scale-up.
ER -