Temperature Dependence of the High‐Frequency Viscoelastic Behavior of a Soda‐Lime‐Silica Glass

The high‐frequency viscoelastic behavior of a soda‐lime‐silica glass has been investigated using the Brillouin scattering technique. The temperature dependence of instantaneous elastic constants and very short‐time relaxation mechanisms have been measured in a temperature range between 100° and 1000°C. Variations in the elastic constants in the transition region are significant, and have to be taken into account for numerical computations of tempering and annealing of glasses. A complex thermorheological behavior is observed for very fast relaxation mechanisms in the transition range, whereas intermediate and slow relaxation mechanisms exhibit a simple thermorheological behavior. The viscoelastic behavior of this glass can be adequately represented by assuming a different thermorheological behavior in the alpha‐ and β‐relaxation regimes.