Can a simple topological-constraints-based model predict the initial dissolution rate of borosilicate and aluminosilicate glasses?

S. Gin (1) , Mengyi Wang (2, 3) , Nicolas Bisbrouck (1) , Mélanie Taron (1) , Xiaonan Lu (4) , Lu Deng (5) , Frédéric Angeli (1) , Thibault Charpentier (6) , Jean-Marc Delaye (1) , Jincheng Du (5) , Mathieu Bauchy (2)

1 DPME - Département de recherche sur les Procédés et Matériaux pour les Environnements complexes
2 PARISlab - Physics of Amorphous and Inorganic Solids Laboratory
3 DMSE - Department of Materials Science and Engineering
4 Department of Materials Science and Engineering
5 Department of Materials Science and Engineering
6 LSDRM - Laboratoire Structure et Dynamique par Résonance Magnétique (LCF)

Tuning glass composition to obtain targeted properties generally relies on empirical approaches. However, a deep understanding of the physical and chemical mechanisms linking glass composition to its structure and properties would enable developing reliable predictive models. Indeed, although empirical models are usually able to interpolate composition-property relationships within a given compositional envelope, they often fail at extrapolating predictions far from their training domain. Here, as an alternative route to empirical models, we show that a structural descriptor based on the number of topological constraints per atom can be used to predict the initial dissolution rate of aluminosilicate and borosilicate glasses after being parameterized on different families of glasses (specific series of borosilicate glasses). Sixteen glasses belonging to these families were studied and their initial dissolution rates were determined at 90°C and pH$^{90°C}$ = 9, covering rates spanning over 5 orders of magnitude. The model based on topological constraints was trained based on seven select borosilicate glasses ($R^2$ = 0.997) and used to predict the dissolution rate of nine additional borosilicate and aluminosilicate glasses. We show that, provided that corrections are made for high alkali content glasses that dissolve incongruently (preferential release of Na), the model gives reasonable predictions, even far from its training domain.

Domaines: Matériaux

S. Gin, Mengyi Wang, Nicolas Bisbrouck, Mélanie Taron, Xiaonan Lu, et al.. Can a simple topological-constraints-based model predict the initial dissolution rate of borosilicate and aluminosilicate glasses?. npj Materials Degradation, 2020, 4 (1), pp.6. ⟨10.1038/s41529-020-0111-4⟩. ⟨cea-02512912⟩