Joint analysis of in-situ high-temperature Raman spectroscopy and quantum chemical ab initio calculation on the evolution of the structure units existed stably in melts with the compositions within Li2O-WO3 binary system was carried out and the specfic model clusters of the micro structures in melts with different compositions were proposed in this paper, and the major vibrational modes were also assigned successfully. Results indicate that different compositions of melt result in the formation of chains of various lengths from joined [WO4]2- tetrahedra vertices, and smaller mole ratio of Li2O/WO3 tends to form longer chains. The following conclusion can be made based on the simulated results of quantum chemistry ab initio calculation: when the mole ratio of Li2O/WO3 in the melt is 1:1, 1:2, 1:3 and 1:4, the corresponding anion complex is [WO4]2- , [W2O7]2-, [W3O10]2- and [W4O13]2-, respectively. And the [W2O7]2-, [W3O10]2- and [W4O13]2- are made up of two, three and four [WO4]2- by sharing corners, respectively.
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In-situ Raman Spectroscopic Study of the Molten Tungstates in Li2O-WO3 Binary System. Chinese Journal of Light Scattering. 2016, 28(2): 149-152 https://doi.org/10.13883/j.issn1004-5929.201602010