The Structure of Ti-Silicate Glasses by Raman Spectroscopy: Implications for the Role of Ti in Natural Melts

G. S. Henderson and M. E. Fleet

Department of Geology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 3B1
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5B7

Summary: Raman spectra of TiO₂-SiO₂, TiO₂-Na₂SiO₃, TiO₂-CaSiO₃, and Ba₂TiSi₂O₈ glasses have been obtained. No evidence is observed for the presence of Ti[6] in the glasses except when cryptocrystalline anatase is formed. Comparison of the glass spectra with crystalline phases with differing Ti coordination suggests that the alkali and alkaline-earth glasses contain both Ti[4] and Ti[5] with a higher proportion of Ti[4] occurring in the alkaline-earth compositions.

Mineralogical Magazine; August 1994 v. 58A; no. 1; p. 408-409; DOI: 10.1180/minmag.1994.58A.1.213
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