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THE glass-forming properties of tellurium dioxide, and the interesting properties of some telmrite glasses have been described by Stanworth1. Certain of these glasses have possible applications as optical components owing to their high refractive indices. However, all the tellurite glasses were prepared using commercially available tellurium dioxide and were coloured, usually slightly, yellow-green. This is in contrast to the statement of Berzelius2 that clear, colourless glasses could be made by fusing the tetra-tellurites of barium and the alkali metals.
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BAYNTON, P. Colour of Tellurite Glasses. Nature 176, 691–692 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/176691b0
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