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Electron-irradiation-induced nucleation and growth in amorphous LaPO4, ScPO4, and zircon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

A. Meldrum ,
L. A. Boatner  and
R. C. Ewing
A. Meldrum
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131–1116
L. A. Boatner
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831–6056
R. C. Ewing
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131–1116
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Abstract

Synthetic LaPO4, ScPO4, and crystalline natural zircon (ZrSiO4) from Mud Tanks, Australia were irradiated by 1.5 MeV Kr+ ions until complete amorphization occurred as indicated by the absence of electron-diffraction maxima. The resulting amorphous materials were subsequently irradiated by an 80 to 300 keV electron beam in the transmission electron microscope at temperatures between 130 and 800 K, and the resulting microstructural changes were monitored in situ. Thermal anneals in the range of 500 to 600 K were also conducted to compare the thermally induced microstructural development with that produced by the electron irradiations. Amorphous LaPO4 and ScPO4 annealed to form a randomly oriented polycrystalline assemblage of the same composition as the original material, but zircon recrystallized to ZrO2 (zirconia) + amorphous SiO2 for all beam energies and temperatures investigated. The rate of crystallization increased in the order: zircon, ScPO4, LaPO4. Submicrometer tracks of crystallites having a width equal to that of the electron beam could be “drawn” on the amorphous substrate. In contrast, thermal annealing resulted in epitaxial recrystallization from the thick edges of the TEM samples. Electron-irradiation-induced nucleation and growth in these materials can be explained by a combination of radiation-enhanced diffusion as a result of ionization processes and a strong thermodynamic driving force for crystallization. The structure of the amorphous orthophosphates may be less rigid than that of their silicate analogues because of the lower coordination across the PO4 tetrahedron, and thus a lower energy is required for reorientation and recrystallization. The more highly constrained monazite structure-type recovers at a lower electron dose than the zircon structure-type, consistent with recent models used to predict the crystalline-to-amorphous transition as a result of ion irradiation.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 12 , Issue 7 , July 1997 , pp. 1816 - 1827
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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