Effect of glass composition on the chemical durability of zinc phosphate-based glasses in aqueous solutions
Résumé
The chemical durability of glasses with the composition 40P2O5-55ZnO-1Ga2O3-4Ag2O and 41P2O5-51ZnO-8Ga2O3 (mol%) was studied by measuring the rates of aqueous dissolution in neutral, acidic and alkaline aqueous solutions and discussed as a function of the glass composition. The change in the pH of the solutions as a function of the immersion time of the samples was used to study the dissolution mechanism. Using XRD and SEM/EDXA, we showed that the dissolution in deionized (DI) water and HCl consists of the leaching of the phosphate chains into the medium along with (i) the formation of a hydrated layer with the composition Zn2P2O7*3H2O and also of AgCl agglomerates when immersed in HCl and (ii) a leaching out of P, Ga and Ag when immersed for more than 180 min in DI water and for more than 60 min in HCl. The dissolution in NaOH-Na2CO3 consists of a net consumption of the OH− along with the formation of layers of Zn3(PO4)2*(H2O)4 and Zn(H2PO2)2*H2O with no apparent diffusion of P, Ga and Ag when immersed for as long as 240 min. Increasing the Ga2O3 concentration in zinc-phosphate glass at the expense of Ag2O lowers the dissolution rate when immersed in DI water, HCl and NaOH-Na2CO3 probably due to a reinforcement of the glass network.