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Mechanical and Optical Properties of ZrO2 Doped Silicate Glass Ceramics

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In the present study, we report the physical and optical properties of low-cost glass (soda-lime silicate glass) fabricated from local minerals, obtained from Hazara division Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Zirconium dioxide (1–3%) was added as a nucleating agent to investigate its effect on phase, density, hardness, and optical properties of soda-lime silicate glass. In the obtained glass-ceramic materials, the major crystalline phase was cristobalite. It was found that an increase in ZrO2 content and heat treatment of the samples, resulted in an increase in bulk crystallization of the samples. The mechanical properties were found to be improved with ZrO2 addition. The bandgap of the sample was in the range 3.78–4.09 eV.

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The author (Imtiaz Hussain) acknowledges the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan for the award of research fellowship under the International Research Support Initiative Program (IRSIP) at the University of Leeds, UK.

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  1. Department of Physics, Islamia College Peshawar, Peshawar, KP, 25120, Pakistan

    Imtiaz Hussain & Aurang Zeb

  2. Applied Photon Science, School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK

    Imtiaz Hussain, Eric Kumi Barimah & Gin Jose

  3. Materials Research Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, KP, 25120, Pakistan

    Imtiaz Hussain & Yaseen Iqbal

  4. Department of Physics, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, 23200, Pakistan

    Raz Muhammad

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Hussain, I., Barimah, E.K., Iqbal, Y. et al. Mechanical and Optical Properties of ZrO2 Doped Silicate Glass Ceramics. Silicon 13, 877–883 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-020-00516-z

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