The effect of titanium dioxide on structure and properties of boron-free glasses.

IR spectroscopic and x-ray phase analysis established the structural specifics of glasses in the system Na2O-SiO2-TiO2-Na3AlF6, as well as the dependence on the type of crystallizing phases on the chemical composition of the glass matrix. The effect of the structure of titanium-bearing clusters on the leachability of glasses, the effect of the second coordination sphere on the coordination of the central cation (Ti4+), and the propensity of experimental glass coatings to opacification are registered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]