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A simplified study on physical and mechano-structural properties of newly produced Sm³⁺ doped zinc telluro-phosho-borate glasses

Areej S. Alqarni^a,*, I. Bulus^b, M. Abioye^c

a Department of Physics, College of Science, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia
b Department of Physics, Kaduna State College of Education Gidan waya, Kafanchan, Nigeria
c Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, Nigeria

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Chalcogenide Letters 2024, 21(11), 873-884. https://doi.org/10.15251/CL.2024.2111.873

Received 15 July 2024; Accepted 06 November 2024;

Abstract

To unveiled the function of exchanging Sm₂O₃ for B₂O₃ on the physical and mechanostructural traits of multi-component glass, five distinct type (A, B, C, D and E) of glasses originated from (50-x)B₂O₃-10P₂O₅-30TeO₂-10ZnO-xSm₂O₃ (0.1≤x≤1.5, mol%) compositions were fabricated by using ordinary approach of melt-quenching. The noncrystallinity status of the synthesized samples was established by X-ray diffraction (XRD) profile. However, with sequential replacement of B₂O₃ by Sm₂O₃, the deduced values of physical entities such as density (d₃), Sm3+ ions concentration (N_i), field strength (F) and glass hardness (H_v) of our produced glasses were significantly amplified, while the molar volume (V_m) alongside polaron radius (r_p) and inter-nuclear distance (r_i) decline. Besides, data from FTIR with consequential deconvoluted spectral showcased the presence of BO₃, BO₄, TeO₃, TeO₄ and PO₄ functional groups which were randomly distributed within the main glass network.

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