The structures of glasses in the lithium–bismuth orthoborate composition range deviate significantly from the short‐range order structure of the two crystalline end‐members. Although binary Li3BO3and BiBO3are solely of comprised trigonal orthoborate anions, all glasses formed by their combination contain four‐coordinated borate tetrahedra. We analyze the structure of (75−1.5
Resorbable glasses with nominal molar compositions of 20Na2O·30[(1−
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10461261
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- International Journal of Applied Glass Science
- Volume:
- 10
- Issue:
- 3
- ISSN:
- 2041-1286
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- p. 378-390
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- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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