Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 July 2009
The as-prepared samples of Sn10Sb20Se $_{70-X}$ TeX chalcogenide system were amorphous as evidenced by X-ray diffraction and Differential scanning calorimetry studies. The different crystalline phases emerged in annealed Sn10Sb20Se $_{70-X}$ TeX samples have been identified. Glass transition temperature T g of the as-prepared samples decreases sharply with tellurium substitution upto 2 at% and then it starts increasing upto 10 at% and decreases again on further substitution of tellurium. The change in glass transition temperature T g has been explained based on bond formation energy of different heteropolar bonds and crystalline phases obtained in the annealed samples with different tellurium contents.