The two first chapters of this volume focus on the structure of magmas at different scales:
short and medium range order. A quick review of the glass literature, from the 90's or older …

Aluminosilicate glasses and melts are of paramount importance for geo-and materials
sciences. They include most magmas, and are used to produce a wide variety of everyday …

Alkali activation techniques (AATs) are utilized to produce glass-based foams (GBFs)
including glass or glass ceramic foam, due to their eco-friendly process. Numerous studies …

The addition of MgO to aluminosilicate glasses usually leads to significant changes for many
macroscopic properties. The underlying microscopic structure origin of this effect, however …

Glass fibers are widely used as reinforcements in composites for applications ranging from
lightweight and damage tolerant structures to protective materials providing high levels of …

New tellurite glasses with composition (in mol%): 60TeO 2–(30-x) ZnO–5Bi 2 O 3–5TiO 2-xB
2 O 3 (where x= 0, 2.5, 5.0, 7.5 and 10.0) were fabricated using conventional melt quenching …

Solid industrial waste represented in blast and arc furnace slags has been utilized to
prepare high-performance glass-ceramic materials, that can be used in the field of …

Alkali-activated (or geopolymer) membranes have emerged recently as an alternative for
conventional ceramic membranes. Their main benefit is the simple and low-energy …

There is some ambiguity regarding the fate of Mg during the alkali activation of Mg-rich
precursors within the broader field of alkali activated materials (AAMs). The present work …

Commercial high-strength S-glass fiber used in structural composites mainly consists of
SiO2, Al2O3, and MgO. There is no established reactive force field to characterize S-glass …