Blue thermoluminescence emission of annealed lithium rich aluminosilicates

The blue thermoluminescence (TL) emission of different thermally annealed (i) ß-eucryptite (LiAlSiO4), (ii) virgilite-petalite (LiAlSi5O12) and (iii) virgilite-petalite-bikitaite (LiAlSi10O22) mixed crystals have been studied. The observed changes in the TL glow curves could be linked to simultaneou...

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Autores: Correcher, V., Rodriguez Lazcano, Y., García Guinea, J., Crespo Feo, María Elena
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/43525
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/43525
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:549.6
543.426
Aluminosilicates
Phosphors
Thermoluminescence
Mineralogía (Geología)
Petrología
2506.11 Mineralogía
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Sumario:The blue thermoluminescence (TL) emission of different thermally annealed (i) ß-eucryptite (LiAlSiO4), (ii) virgilite-petalite (LiAlSi5O12) and (iii) virgilite-petalite-bikitaite (LiAlSi10O22) mixed crystals have been studied. The observed changes in the TL glow curves could be linked to simultaneous processes taking place in the lithium aluminosilicate lattice structure (phase transitions, consecutive breaking linking of bonds, alkali self-diffusion, redox reactions, etc). The stability of the TL signal after four months of storage performed at RT under red light, shows big differences between annealed (12 hours at 1200°C) and non-annealed samples. The fading process in non-annealed samples can be fitted to a first-order decay mathematical expression; however preheated samples could not be reasonably fitted due to the highly dispersion detected. The changes observed in the X-ray diffractograms are in the intensity of the peaks that denote modifications in the degree of crystallinity and, in addition, there are some differences in the appeareance of new peaks that could suppose new phases (e.g. ß-spodumene).