ABSTRACT:Mixed alkali alkaline earth oxide borate glasses of composition (15-x)Li 2 O-(15-x)K 2 O-(15-x)MgO-(15-x)BaO-(40+4x)B 2 O 3 with x = 0, 2.5, 5, 7.5, and 10 mol% were prepared bymelt quenching method. X-ray diffractions studies on all the glass samples were made recorded at room temperature. Peak free X-ray spectra confirmed the amorphous nature of the glasses. Spectroscopic studies like Optical absorption and FTIR are carried out at room temperature.Optical absorption spectra are recorded in the wavelength range from 200nm -1000nm.From the optical absorption studies the values of the optical band (E opt ) for indirect, direct transition and Urbarch energy (∆E) have been evaluated. The values of E opt, ∆E and density also show non linear behaviour with the compositional parameter, which also support the mixed alkali-alkaline effect in the present glass system.From FTIRspectra it isevident that present glasses consists of trigonal BO 3 and tetrahedral BO 4 structural units. The band~1360 cm -1 indicated the presence of tetrahedrally coordinated boron in the glass structure. The bands at 924cm -1 and 1024cm-1 suggest the presence of tri, tetra, penta and diborate units of BO 4 groups. The absence of band ~806cm -1 indicated the absence of boroxol rings in present glass system. The bands around 694cm -1 might be due to formation of bridges by oxygen between twotrigonal atoms.