Glass Formation at the Limit of Insufficient Network Formers

Science

Volumn 303, Issue 5664, 2004, Pages 1649-1652

  Kohara, S ^a   Suzuya, K ^b   Takeuchi, K ^c   Loong, C K ^d   Grimsditch, M ^d   Weber, J K R ^e   Tangeman, J A ^e   Key, T S ^e  

^a JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Containerless Research Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CHEMICAL BONDS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

COVALENT BONDS; NETWORK FORMERS;

SILICATES;

GLASS; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; METAL OXIDE; OXYGEN; SILICATE;

GLASS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; MATERIALS; MELTING POINT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 1542408826     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1095047     Document Type: Article

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