Research Article

Physical, Optical, and Spectroscopic Studies on MgO-BaO-B2O3 Glasses

Table 1

Composition, average molecular weight ( ), measured density ( ), theoretical density ( ), molar volume ( ), molar refraction ( ), and metallization criterion ( ) of the glasses.

Glass codeComposition in (mol %) (g/mole)ρ cal (g/cc) ± 0.001ρ th (g/cc) ± 0.001 (cc/mol) ± 0.01
MgOBaOB2O3CuO

MBBC-00.030.0691145.323.493.4541.6326.030.6252
MBBC-15.025.0691137.473.483.3039.4524.650.6248
MBBC-27.522.5691133.543.403.2339.2624.500.6240
MBBC-310.020.0691129.623.353.1638.6924.120.6234
MBBC-412.517.5691125.693.293.0838.2023.710.6206
MBBC-515.015.0691121.763.193.0038.1123.610.6195