Crystalline phases and surface morphology of the lead-silicate glasses for microchannel chips

The authors researched formation and growth of crystalline phases and surface morphology of lead-silicate glasses. Structural and phase metamorphoses were studied with the X-ray phase analysis method. Formation and growth of the crystalline phases from amorphous glass source in thermo-hydrogen reconstruction and vacuum annealing. Surface morphology was studied by methods of microscope scanning probe. Influence of the conditions of annealing on the surface morphology is revealed.