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Ion beam amorphization of muscovite mica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

C. Templier ,
F. Desage ,
J. C. Desoyer ,
G. Hishmeh ,
L. Cartz ,
S. E. Donnelly ,
V. Vishnyakov  and
R. C. Birtcher
C. Templier
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Métallurgie Physique, 40 Av. Recteur Pineau 86022 Poitiers, Cedex, France
F. Desage
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Métallurgie Physique, 40 Av. Recteur Pineau 86022 Poitiers, Cedex, France
J. C. Desoyer
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Métallurgie Physique, 40 Av. Recteur Pineau 86022 Poitiers, Cedex, France
G. Hishmeh
Affiliation:
Midwest Research Technologies Inc., 14540 Greenfield Avenue, Brookfield, Wisconsin 53005
L. Cartz
Affiliation:
College of Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233
S. E. Donnelly
Affiliation:
Joule Laboratory, Science Research Institute, University of Salford M5 4WT, United Kingdom
V. Vishnyakov
Affiliation:
Joule Laboratory, Science Research Institute, University of Salford M5 4WT, United Kingdom
R. C. Birtcher
Affiliation:
Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439
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Abstract

The microstructure of a muscovite mica exposed to a rare gas ion beam has been studied by transmission electron microscopy. The investigation of damage without implantation was carried out using argon and helium ions of sufficient energy to traverse the 100–150 nm mica specimens. For 340 keV Ar++ irradiation, amorphization of mica occurred at a fluence as low as 3.5 × 1014 ions · cm−2, which corresponds to 0.29 dpa. Muscovite can be amorphized using 80 keV helium ions, but this requires a much higher fluence and damage production of 4.6 × 10−6 ions · cm−2 and 0.60 dpa, respectively. Since helium irradiation results principally in ionization energy loss, it indicates that amorphization of muscovite results mainly from nuclear interactions. Complete amorphization of muscovite mica is found to take place for all ions at approximately the same amount of nuclear energy transfer to energetic primary knock-on atoms, assuming a recoil energy greater than 500 eV. This suggests that amorphization occurs directly in dense displacement cascades. A significant amount of helium, 100 ppm, can be implanted into muscovite mica without destroying the crystal structure.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 11 , Issue 7 , July 1996 , pp. 1819 - 1824
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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