Isaac Abrahams, Geoffrey E. Hawkes and Jonathan Knowles
A series of ceramics derived from glasses of general formula (P2O5)0.45(CaO)0.2+x(Na2O)0.35-x (x = 0.0–0.12) were prepared and one- and two-dimensional 31P magic-angle spinning NMR spectroscopy confirmed the predominant speciation of Q1 phosphorus as Na4-, Na2Ca-, and α- and β-Ca2-P2O7, but did not show any Q1–Q2 connectivity characteristic of short metaphosphate chains.