In situ high temperature Raman spectra of xK 2 O-(100x)GeO 2 , samples containing 0, 5, 11.11, 20, 25, 33.3, 40, and 50 %mol K 2 O, were measured. The structure units and a series of model clusters have been designed, optimized, and calculated by quantum chemistry ab initio calculations. The computational simulation in conjunction with the experiments put forward a novel method to correct the experimental Raman spectra of the melts. Deconvolution of the stretching vibrational bands of nonbridging oxygen of [GeO 4 ] tetrahedra of Raman spectra by Gaussian functions was carried out, and the quantitative distribution of different Q n species in molten binary potassium germanates was obtained. The result on all molten samples show that four-fold coordinated germanium atoms occupy a dominant position in the melt and only four-fold coordinated exists in the melt when the K 2 O content exceeds a certain amount. For melts with high GeO 2 content, with the increasing K 2 O content, the structure of [GeO 4 ] tetrahedra gradually changes from a three-dimensional network consisting of both six-membered and three-membered rings to a three-dimensional network that presents all three-membered rings.
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