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Also known as: NWF

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structure of glass

  • Figure 2: The irregular arrangement of ions in a sodium silicate glass.
    In industrial glass: Sodium silicate glass

    …known as a network-forming (NWF) cation—that is, a positively charged ion such as, in this case, silicon (Si4+). The four positive charges of the silicon ion lead it to form bonds with four oxygen atoms, forming SiO4 tetrahedra, or four-sided pyramidal shapes, connected to each other at the corners.…

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  • Figure 2: The irregular arrangement of ions in a sodium silicate glass.
    In industrial glass: Properties of glass

    …number of the network-forming (NWF) ion, (2) the connectivity of the structure, as determined by the concentration of nonbridging oxygens, which, in turn, is determined by the concentration and nature of network-modifying (NWM) ions, (3) the openness of the structure, determined, again, by the concentration of NWM ions, and…

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  • Figure 1: The state of atomic motion.
    In amorphous solid: Models of atomic scale structures

    …with oxygen atoms, are called network formers. Chemical species such as sodium and calcium, which do not bond directly to the network but which simply sit (in ionic form) within its interstitial holes, are called network modifiers.

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