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Analysis of luminescence spectra of leucite (KAlSiO4)

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dc.creator García-Guinea, Javier
dc.creator Correcher, Virgilio
dc.creator Rodríguez Badiola, Eduardo
dc.date 2008-03-13T10:03:09Z
dc.date 2008-03-13T10:03:09Z
dc.date 2001
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T01:00:44Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T01:00:44Z
dc.identifier The ANALYST
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/3218
dc.identifier 10.1039/b101869h
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/3218
dc.description We are grateful to Professor P. D. Townsend for the guidelines for the experiments and Dr. M. L. Clarke for recording the RL measurements using the high-sensitivity TL spectrometer at the University of Sussex. Thanks are due to Eladio Vila for the high-temperature X-ray measurements and Paul Giblin for a critical review of the manuscript.
dc.description High-sensitivity radioluminescence (RL) and thermoluminescence (TL) measurements were carried out on samples of natural leucite (with 2.95% of Na2O) from Campania Vessa (Italy). Samples were annealed to modify the charge compensation through alkali metal self-diffusion and to produce luminescence centres. High-temperature powder diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and chemical analyses were performed to monitor the tetragonal–cubic phase transitions and the thermal drainage of alkali metal ions from the aluminosilicate lattice. The emission spectral bands of leucite (300, 380, 430, 480, 560 and 680 nm) match those of other Na/K-aluminosilicates (alkali metal feldspars) and could be attributed to similar defects. TL glow curves of increasingly pre-irradiated natural leucite (range 0–20 Gy) showed no changes above 300 °C, whereas some changes were observed with annealed samples (1000 °C for 12 h). This temperature is the starting point of Na self-diffusion within the aluminosilicate lattices. The areas of the TL glow curves of both natural and annealed ß-irradiated leucites can be fitted with a linear function with high correlation. These results are in agreement with high alkali metal loss (K2O 12% and Na2O 18%) during thermal pre-treatment, high cell volume expansion (from 2350 to 2500 Å) and the cubic Ia3d↔tetragonal I41/a phase transition. This promotes the egress of alkali metal ions and the production of [AlO4/M+]°, [AlO4/H+]° and [AlO4]° luminescence centres.
dc.description The work was supported by the DGICYT, project PB 98-0501.
dc.description Peer reviewed
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dc.language eng
dc.publisher Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)
dc.relation 126
dc.relation 911-916
dc.rights openAccess
dc.subject radioluminescence
dc.subject thermoluminescence
dc.subject leucite
dc.subject Campania Vessa
dc.subject Italy
dc.title Analysis of luminescence spectra of leucite (KAlSiO4)
dc.type Artículo


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