The crystallization properties of Pb0-Cr203-B203 glasses have been studied by using X-ray diffraction, microstructure, and infrared spectroscopy. Microcrystals due to lead chromates, PbCr04 and Pb2Cr05, usually precipitated out in the glasses that were given heat treatments between 400 and 1200 °C. Incorporation of A1203 (up to ~5 mol %) in the glass exhibits the mechanically stronger and fine-grained ceramics with Pb2Cr05 as the main crystalline phase. The A1203 (a glass network modifier) induces the B04 structural groups to grow at the expense of B03 groups in the glass network. This favors the precipitation of the PbOPbCr04 phase. A maximum of ~80 vol % crystallization fraction has been obtained for this phase in the glass composition system 50PbO-20Cr2O3-25B203-5A1203 (mol %) when heat treated at ~850 °C for 25 h.The controlled crystallization of glasses is now commonly employed to produce glass ceramics with superior mechanical, thermal, abrasion-resistant, and energy-transfer properties (McMillan, 1979). The ceramics with different lead chromate phases can be developed in Pb0-Cr203-B203 glasses when the latter are subjected to heat treatments. These materials are especially useful for fiber optics, laser hosts, acoustooptical devices, magnetooptic switches, and lead acid battery electrodes (