X-Ray Study of the Solution of Alkali Halides in Borax and B2O3 Glass Systems

A NUMBER of salts including alkali halides dissolve readily in glass. It has been suggested by S. K. Majumdar and R. M. Palit 1 that an X-ray investigation of the nature of these salts in the dissolved state inside the glass medium would be interesting. Such a study is naturally expected to give information regarding whether these salts form ionic, molecular or colloidal solutions, combine chemically with the glass medium, or induce any crystallinity in the glass itself. An investigation in these directions is being carried out in this laboratory.