Thermal coefficient of linear expansion of non-crystalline chalcogenides in the As-S-Se-Te-I system

The object of the paper is an investigation of the glasses of the (As2S3)x(AsSe0.5Te0.5I)100-x. type for 65≤;x≤;95, using methods of thermomechanical analysis. Values of the thermal coefficients of linear expansion in solid and visco-plastic phase were determined. it was shown that introducing arsenic-sulfide in glass-matrix AsChI, i.e. (AsSe0.5Te0.5I), leads to an increasing stability of these glasses. The characteristic temperatures of softening Tg and the temperature of the beginning of deformation tw increase by increasing content of As2S3. The analytical forms of dependence of four significant physical values αg, αl, Tg, Tw, as a function of As2S3 content in the structure of glasses were fitted.