An Optical Basicity Study Of Metal Carboxylate Glasses At Ambient And Elevated Temperatures

Molten mixtures of metal carboxylates, especially those of the alkali and alkaline earths, can be quenched to form stable glasses which can act as hosts for a wide range of organic, organometallic and inorganic substances, and since the interaction with these often involves the glass behaving as a Lewis base, this property has been determined quantitatively as the optical basicity.