METHODS OF QUANTITATIVE MODELING FOR THE STRUCTURES OF ALKALINE BOROSILICATE SYSTEMS

Abstract

On the basis of simple initial concepts the model for description of changes in the structure of hardening products for silicate, borate and borosilicate melts, qualitatively corresponding to the experimental data, has been arrived at. The presented set of equations describing the interaction between the structural units and the values of the constants adequately permits designing the structure of solid oxide alloys Na₂O–SiO₂, Na₂O–B₂O₃; this method can be applied to Na₂O–B₂O₃–SiO₂ system description for any ratio [Na₂O]/[B₂O₃].