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Ion Beam-Induced Amorphization of (Mg, Fe)2SiO4 Olivine Series: An In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

L. M. Wang  and
R. C. Ewing
L. M. Wang
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
R. C. Ewing
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
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Abstract

Effects of ion beam irradiation of five members of the (Mg, Fe)2SiO4 olivine series, from synthetic pure fayalite (Fe2SiO4) to naturally occurring (Mg0.88Fe0.12)2SiO4, have been studied by in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Under 1.5 MeV Kr+ ion room temperature irradiations, all of the samples have been amorphized. The critical amorphization dose or the total collision energy loss required for amorphization increased rapidly with the increasing Mg:Fe ratio which coincides with an increasing melting temperature (bond strength) and an increasing average bond ionicity. A 400 keV He+ ion irradiation of (Mg0.88Fe0.12)2-SiO4, which mainly results in ionization energy loss in the sample, did not cause amorphization even at a much higher dose rate and a much higher final dose. This indicates nuclear interactions (collisions) are primarily responsible for ion beam induced amorphization. Also, high resolution electron microscopy (HREM) images of the defect structure at a low ion dose have been obtained and compared with the displacement cascade structure generated by computer modelling.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 235: Symposium A – Phase Formation and Modification by Beam-Solid Interactions , 1991 , 333
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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