Evaluation of crystallization kinetics of glasses by non-isothermal analysis

Based on Johnson-Mehl-Avrami transition equation, this paper proposes a new non-isothermal method for evaluating the crystallization kinetics of glasses. An equation relating the kinetic parameters of the crystallization activation energy, E, and the frequency factor, v, to the inflection-point temperature, Tf, and the heating rate, β, of differential thermal analysis (DTA) experiment is established. The inflection-point temperature, Tf, can be easily determined from the derivative differential thermal analysis (DDTA) curves. The validity of the proposed method is ascertained by applying it to Li2O·2SiO2 glass. The acquired values of the crystallization kinetic parameters by this method are excellent agreement with the isothermal analysis results. In contrast, the traditional non-isothermal methods give much higher values.