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Partially amorphous (metamict) titanite: a silicate mineral in a natural radiation induced non-equilibrium phase
- Source :
- Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials. 229:543-549
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2014.
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Abstract
- The present review will give a brief overview mainly focused on studies during the past 5 years on the mineral titanite (end-member composition CaTiSiO5) which could incorporate radioactive elements in its crystal structure. Aspects of investigations were the structural damage resulting from the radioactive decay, the thermally induced recrystallization process and the elastic properties of the mineral. During the radiation induced damage process, namely the metamictization, titanite becomes partially amorphous with coexisting defect enriched crystalline and aperiodic regions. Within these crystalline regions a P21/c to C2/c phase transition (∼ at 500 K) occurs. Resulting from radiation induced structural damage, titanite shows elastic properties close to those of titanite glass. During recrystallization on annealing an initial softening of the titanite structure takes place (up to temperature ∼950 K) resulting from the formation of soft interfaces. Thermal annealing at higher temperatures leads to increasing structural order and the hardening of the mineral.
- Subjects :
- Materials science
Analytical chemistry
Recrystallization (metallurgy)
Mineralogy
Radiation induced
engineering.material
Condensed Matter Physics
Silicate
Amorphous solid
Inorganic Chemistry
chemistry.chemical_compound
Equilibrium phase
Metamictization
chemistry
Titanite
Radiation damage
engineering
General Materials Science
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 21967105 and 21944946
- Volume :
- 229
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........e0b8215ecd13c537753588b19ad03724