Viscosity of Silicate Melts

Authors

David M. Martin, Iowa State University
Thomas D. McGee, Iowa State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

In 1949, Poole developed an empirical relationship which expressed the logarithm of viscosity of silicate melts as a function of the hyperbolic sine of the reciprocal absolute temperature, e.g., log. visc. = Sinh M/T.

Poole showed the validity of this relationship for normal soda-lime glasses. This paper extends the relationship to variations in composition making possible the prediction of viscosity as a function of temperature for a wide range of three and four component glass systems. Graphs are presented to facilitate calculations. The relation has been verified by comparison with published data. The structural and theoretical implications of this relationship are compared with present theory.

Publication Date

1963

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

70

Issue

1

First Page

145

Last Page

153

Copyright

©1963 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Martin, David M. and McGee, Thomas D. (1963) "Viscosity of Silicate Melts," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 70(1), 145-153.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol70/iss1/31