Abstract:Glass formation region in the Dy2O3Li2OB2O3 (DyLB) ternary system was determined by normal meltingquenching method. The relationship between composition and structure for the DyLB glasses were investigated by differential thermal analysis (DTA), Fourier transformation infrared spectra (FTIR) and Xray diffractive methods. Preliminary results show that the glass formation region of DyLB ternary system is about (0~31%)Dy2O3·(3%~13%)Li2O·(97%~60%)B2O3 (wt %), and that Dy2O3’s replacement of B2O3 turns part of [BO3] in the structure into[BO4], and Dy2O3 has aggregating effect on glass network unit, resulting in the increase of the bond energy between B2O3 chains / rings. In this region, the increase of Dy2O3 content can enhance the crosslinking density in the structure, thus increasing tg and tc of the glasses.