Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 February 2011
Phase assemblages in two Sr-Bi-Pb-Ca-Cu-O glasses and their crystallization into glass-ceramics through a sequence of heat treatments are described. Samples were heat treated at various temperatures based on differential thermal analysis (DTA) analysis of the as-quenched glasses. X-ray powder diffraction was used to identify the compounds in each sample; and the different phases formed in these two samples were compared. Results of microstructural characterization of selected samples using scanning electron microscopy are discussed.