Influence of nucleating agents on crystallization and electrical properties of SiO2–MgO–MgF2–K2O mica glass-ceramics

Abstract The effects of adding ZrO2 and TiO2 at the expense of MgF2 on the crystallization, microstructure, mechanical properties, thermal properties and electrical properties of mica glass-ceramics based on the SiO2–MgO–MgF2–K2O system were investigated by the differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), microhardness tester and resistivity tester. The electrical properties were discussed emphatically. The results showed that the additions of ZrO2 and/or TiO2 at the expense of MgF2 effectively increase the viscosity, the glass transition temperatures (Tg) and the crystallization temperatures (Tp) of the glasses. The crystallization activation energy (Ec) of the amorphous glasses varied with the nucleating agents was discussed in depth. It was discovered that the nucleating agents had no effect on the crystal phase type but had a certain effect on the crystallinity and microstructure. Tetrasilicic fluoromica and enstatite were precipitated at different crystallization temperatures. Due to the non-stoichiometric ratio of tetrasilicic fluoromica crystal, the prepared glass-ceramics had high dielectric constant (24.4–34.3) and volume resistivity (>2 × 1011 Ω cm) at 25 °C, and the dielectric loss was almost zero.