The manufacture, optical properties, and mechanical aspects of europium-doped borate glasses.

An investigation into the optical and mechanical properties of a novel borate glasses with the chemical composition of 70 BO-10 LiO-10ZnO-5BiO-5CaO-xEuO was conducted. The glassy specimens of Eu-doped borate were prepared by the melting-quenching technique. An enhanced density from 3.