New magnesium lead borate glasses (10-x) MgO-xMgCl2-40PbO-50B2O3 (x = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10 mole%) were prepared by melt quenching technique. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic studies revealed the presence of BO3 trigonal and BO4 tetrahedral structural units in these glasses. The optical energy band gaps, Urbach energies and theoretical refractive index values are repo...