Ferromagnetic glass ceramics and glass fibers based on the composition of SiO2-CaO-Al2O3-B2O3-Fe2O3 glass system

Ferromagnetic glass-ceramics and glass fibers were obtained by the melt-method from the glass system SiO2-CaO-Al2O3-B2O3-Fe2O3 without performing any nucleation and crystallization heat treatments. Glass-ceramics and glass fibers were characterized by x-ray diffraction, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, magnetic measurements, and thermal expansion instrument. The influence of alumina content on the spontaneous crystallization of magnetite, magnetism properties and thermal expansion performances in glass were investigated. We examined the crystallization behavior of the glasses and found that the spontaneous crystallization capacity of magnetite and magnetism properties in base glass increases with increasing the content of alumina. The ferromagnetic glass fibers containing magnetite nano-crystals are also obtained.