On the Debye-like behaviour of the specific heat of permanently densified silica glass

Authors

  • Giacomo Baldi Università degli Studi di Trento
  • Aldo Fontana Università degli Studi di Trento
  • Flavio Rossi Università degli Studi di Trento

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1478/AAPP.98S1A3

Keywords:

glasses, specific heat, vibrational dynamics, ineslastic scattering

Abstract

The aim of this work is to review the main results about the vibrational dynamics of glasses and to clarify the effect induced by changes of the mass density on their thermal properties. In particular, we present the temperature dependence of the specific heat of permanently densified silica glass in comparison to that of crystalline alpha-quartz. We propose a very simple and schematic model to interpret the experimental results.

Author Biographies

  • Giacomo Baldi, Università degli Studi di Trento
    Dipartimento di Fisica, Povo (Tn) I-38123, Italy
  • Aldo Fontana, Università degli Studi di Trento
    Dipartimento di Fisica, Povo (Tn) I-38123, Italy
  • Flavio Rossi, Università degli Studi di Trento
    Dipartimento di Fisica, Povo (Tn) I-38123, Italy

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Published

2020-10-01

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Section

Glasses & Polymers: The Science of Disorder (Conference Proceedings)