Abstract Tin side of commercial glasses with different strengthening treatments (i.e. tempered, heat strengthened, chemically strengthened) and without treatment (annealed soda-lime glass) have been compositional and surface characterized and then,… Click to show full abstract
Abstract Tin side of commercial glasses with different strengthening treatments (i.e. tempered, heat strengthened, chemically strengthened) and without treatment (annealed soda-lime glass) have been compositional and surface characterized and then, compared with Gorilla GlassĀ®. Surface flaws from the strength treatment were observed in thermally treated samples by AFM. Raman studies show differences in the network connectivity (Q2/Q1 ratio) because the different structures caused by the treatments. XPS was used to evaluate the oxidation state of the tin and compare the variations through the different treatments. Complementary, a study about the crack behaviour using a Vickers indenter was performed; different cracking pattern was obtained for float soda-lime glass in comparison with Gorilla GlassĀ®. In addition, the IQ2:IQ1 ratio as determined from Raman spectroscopy correlates with crack size from indentations.
               
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