Platinum metals have long been used in the glass industry for crucibles and liners because of their high melting points and their chemical inertness to most molten glasses. Contamination of glass by platinum metals has not been reported except in one or two instances where the glasses had a high content of lead or barium. It is well known that heavy lead glasses are more susceptible to colourin...

xLa2O3-(100 - x)Ga2O3 binary glasses were synthesized by an aerodynamic levitation technique. The glass-forming region was found to be 20 ≤ x ≤ 57. The refractive indices were greater than 1.92 and increased linearly with increasing x. The polarizabilities of oxide ions were estimated to be 2.16-2.41 Å3, indicating that the glasses were highly ionic. The glasses were transparent over a very wid...

A heavy metal fluoride glass composition range (in mol percent) consisting essentially of: (16-30)BaF2.(8-26)Hf F4.(6-24)InF3 or GaF3.(4-16)CdF2.(6-24)YbF3.(4-22)ZnF2. In an alternative embodiment, a heavy metal fluoride glass composition range (in mol percent) comprises (16-30)BaF2.(8-26)Hf F4.(6-24) of (0-24)InF3, (0-24)GaF3 and (0-19)AlF3.(1-16)CdF2.(6-24)YbF3.(4-26)ZnF2. A preferredheavy me...

Glasses of the system x (SnO) (50-x)PbO : 50V2O5 were prepared by melt quenching in the range x = 0 mole% to 15 mole%. Measurements are reported for dc electrical conductivity for the above compositions in the temperature range 300K-500K. The experimental results are analyzed with reference to various theoretical models proposed for dc electrical conduction in amorphous semiconductors. The anal...

The reflectivity spectra of semiconducting Bi4Sr3Ca3Cu2O10 glasses were measured over the frequency range between 100 and 4000 cm−1, and were analysed using Kramer-Kronig routines. It is observed that the static and high frequency dielectric constant varies as the bismuth is partially replaced by silver and nickel. The X-ray diffraction and the dc resisitivity measurements shows a semiconductin...

Heavy metal contamination in water is a serious risk to the public health and other life forms on earth. Current research in nanotechnology is developing new nanosystems and nanomaterials for the fast and efficient removal of pollutants and heavy metals from water. Here, we report graphene oxide-based microbots (GOx-microbots) as active self-propelled systems for the capture, transfer, and remo...

Silver metal clusters have been formed in soda lime glass by high-energy heavy ion diation at ISL. The metal cluster formation was detected with X-ray absorption spe copy (EXAFS) in fluorescence mode, and the shape of the clusters was imaged transmission electron microscopy. While annealing in reducing atmosphere alone a leads to the formation of metal clusters in Ag containing glasses, where t...

In the past few decades, discharging thousands of organic, inorganic, and biological pollutants into environment has severely deteriorated water quality especially the heavy metals pollution which could be concentrated in organisms and, thus, harmful to most plants and animals not only at a high dose but also in relatively low concentration [1]. The continuous existence of heavy metal contamina...