Sodium carbonate, boron oxide, and silicon dioxide when heated together and quickly cooled produce a borosilicate glass.

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Sodium carbonate, boron oxide, and silicon dioxide when heated together and quickly cooled produce a borosilicate glass. Explain why the powder diffraction pattern of this product shows no diffraction maxima. Heating the borosilicate glass in a DTA instrument shows an exothermic event at 500°C and the powder X-ray diffraction pattern observed from the product shows diffraction maxima. Explain these observations.

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Inorganic Chemistry

ISBN: 9780198768128

7th Edition

Authors: Mark Weller, Tina Overton, Jonathan Rourke

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