I have synthesized oxide glasses using melt-quench technique. Now i need to know the final composition of the glass after synthesis (asked by one of the reviewer of a journal). Which technique is used to calculate the final composition.
Energy dispersive spectroscopy, EDS, (or energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy EDX) combined with a scanning electron microscope (SEM) is the most versatile technique used to determine the composition of a sample.
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Carlos
Edx may help to find the type and ratio of elements in the glass matrix
The no of oxygen atoms should be the high percentage followed by the former cations
A combination of methods of ICP-OES, XRF (or SEM-EDS), FTIR is useful for determining the compositions of a glass. Anyway, detecting precise fractions of light elements such as Li and B is always a challenge.
I think ICP-OES can satisfy the reviewers.
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