Chemical durability of MoO3-P2O5 and K2O-MoO3-P2O5 glasses

Thermal and chemical durability studies of the phosphate glasses belonging to the binary MoO3-P2O5 and the ternary K2O-MoO3-P2O5 systems are reported. The chemical resistant attack tests carried out on the free alkaline MoO3-P2O5 glasses show that the glass associated with the P/Mo ratio 2 has the high chemical durability. It shows also a high glass transition temperature value. The above findings are interpreted in terms of the cross-link density of the glasses and the strength of the M-O bonds (M=P, Mo).