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FTIR and TL studies of gamma rays irradiated natural quartz

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In the present paper, we have performed the Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and thermoluminescence (TL) characterizations of gamma-irradiated (dose 0.5–50 kGy) colorless natural quartz of Indian origin. Investigations of structural changes in irradiated quartz crystal in terms of crystallinity index have been carried out based on assignment of infrared bands of SiO4 tetrahedron in the fingerprint mid-infrared region. Colorless quartz containing aluminum as impurity modifies its color to dark smoky after exposure to ionizing radiations. The TL glow curves analysis shows that there are four trapping sites corresponding to four TL peaks at 169, 212, 279 and 370 °C. Chen’s peak shape method and initial rise method have been used to determine the kinetic parameters (order of kinetics, activation energy and frequency factor). The role of [AlSiO4/h+]0 (substitutional center formed on replacement of Si4+ with Al3+ and charge compensated by a hole) centers in color development and as luminescence centers is discussed by making a correlation between FTIR and TL studies.

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Authors are thankful to The Director, Inter-University Accelerator Center (IUAC), New Delhi, for providing the experimental facilities to carry out this work. JNU, New Delhi, is highly acknowledged for providing the gamma irradiation facility.

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    Amanpreet K. Sandhu

  2. Functional Materials Lab, School of Physics and Materials Science, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala, 147004, India

    Om P. Pandey

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Sandhu, A.K., Pandey, O.P. FTIR and TL studies of gamma rays irradiated natural quartz. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 32, 20767–20776 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-06590-2

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