Annealing behaviour of ion tracks in olivine, apatite and britholite

B. Afra; M. Lang; T. Bierschenk; M. D. Rodriguez; W. J. Weber; C. Trautmann; R. C. Ewing; N. Kirby; P. Kluth

doi:10.1016/j.nimb.2013.10.072

Annealing behaviour of ion tracks in olivine, apatite and britholite

B. Afra, M. Lang, T. Bierschenk, M. D. Rodriguez, W. J. Weber, C. Trautmann, R. C. Ewing, N. Kirby, P. Kluth^*

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Ion tracks were created in olivine from San Carlos, Arizona (95% Mg₂SiO₄), apatite (Ca₅(PO4)₃(F,Cl,O)) from Durango, Mexico, and synthetic silicates with the apatite structure: Nd₈Sr₂(SiO₄)₆O₂ and Nd₈Ca₂(SiO₄)₆O₂ using 1.6 and 2.2 GeV Au ions. The morphology and annealing behaviour of the tracks were investigated by means of synchrotron based small angle X-ray scattering in combination with ex situ annealing. Tracks in olivine annealed above ∼400 °C undergo a significant change in track radius due to recrystallisation of the damage tracks. At temperatures higher than 620°C, the scattering images indicate fragmentation of the track cylinders into smaller subsections. Ion tracks were annealed at elevated temperatures up to 400°C in the Durango and Ca-britholite, and up to 560°C in Sr-britholite. While there was a significant change in the track radii in the Durango apatite, tracks in the two synthetic samples remained almost unchanged.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	126-130
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Volume	326
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2013.10.072
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2014

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