Abstract: Glass-ceramics containing β-quartz as a main crystal phase based on the system of SiO2-Al2O3-Li2O-K2O-MgO-ZnO were investigated for the application to magnetic storage substrate for higher storage capacity. Parent glasses were prepared, then nucleated and crystallized at certain temperatures for 3~4 h. The crystallization kinetics of glass-ceramics was also studied. The grain size was estimated by Scherrer formula and image treatment of transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The results π showed that the Avrami exponent was determined to be 3.88, the activation energy 189±7 kJ/mol and the grain size 30~60 nm. A detailed microstructure of the glass-ceramics, including grain distribution and the morphology of nano-crystalline was characterized by TEM, X-ray diffraction (XRD), differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), differential thermal analysis (DTA). The relationship between microstructure and mechanical properties was also discussed.

Key words: Glass-ceramics, Kinetics, Disk substrate