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Ultrasonic measurments of a series of R■O-nSiO■ (R=Li ,Na,K, Cs) glasses samples are presented. In term of the model of frozen-in thermal fluctuations in glasses, the analysis of the relationship of temperature coefficient of ultrasonic velocity change versus Li■O molar frac- tion provides evidence of the existence of two-phase separation phenomenon in lithium oxide less than 0.25. It also provides some information about the structural change of the glasses from a system of two phase to a single phase. A comparison of the temperature coeffi- cient of lithium glass with those of Na,K and Cs glass- es reveals some interesting feature of structure. The structured feature of Na or K glasses is single phase; The structured feature of Cs glass is two phase separa- tion.
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