Glasses and devitrificates from the SiO-BO-PO-KO-CaO-MgO system with constant contents of SiO and PO network formers, modified by the addition of BO, were analyzed. All materials were synthesized by the traditional melt-quenching technique. The glass stability (GS) parameters (K, ∆T, K, K) were determined. The effect of the addition of BO on the GS, liquation phenomenon, crystallization process, and the type of crystallizing phases were examined using SEM-EDS, DSC, XRD, and Raman spectroscopy imaging methods. It was observed that the addition of BO increased the tendency of the glass to crystallize. Both phosphates (e.g., CaMgK(PO), MgCa(PO)), and silicates (e.g., KMg(SiO), CaMg(SiO), MgSiO) crystallized in the studied system. The Raman spectrum for the orthophosphate MgCa(PO) stanfieldite type was obtained. Boron ions were introduced into the structures of crystalline compounds at high crystallization temperatures. The type of crystallizing phases was found to be related to the phenomenon of liquation, and the order of their occurrence was dependent on the Gibbs free enthalpy.
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