Homogeneous crystal nucleation in silicate glasses: A 40 years perspective

• Published in: Journal of non-crystalline solids Vol. 352; no. 26-27; pp. 2681 - 2714
• Main Authors: Fokin, Vladimir M., Zanotto, Edgar D., Yuritsyn, Nikolay S., Schmelzer, Jürn W.P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.08.2006
• Subjects: Crystallization; Crystals; Glass ceramics; Glass transition; Nucleation; Oxide glasses; Silicates; Thermodynamics; Glass transition; Thermodynamics; Nucleation; Crystallization; Crystals; Oxide glasses; Silicates; Glass ceramics

We review a plethora of relevant experimental results on internal homogeneous crystal nucleation in silicate glasses obtained in the last four decades, and their analyses in the framework of the classical nucleation theory (CNT). The basic assumptions and equations of CNT are outlined. Particular at...