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Heavy-ion irradiation on crystallographically oriented cordierite and the conversion of molecular CO2 to CO: a Raman spectroscopic study

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Crystallographically oriented sections of natural gemstone quality cordierite single-crystals have been irradiated with swift heavy ions of GeV energy and various fluences. Irradiation effects on the crystal lattice were investigated by means of Raman spectroscopy. Raman line scans along the trajectory of the ions reveal a close correlation of beam parameters (such as fluence and energy loss dE/dx along the ion path) to strain due to associated changes in lattice dimensions and defect concentration. The luminescence background also scales with the ion fluence and suggests the formation of point defects, which could also account for the macroscopically observable colouration of the irradiated samples. In addition, changes in the amount and nature of volatile species inside the structural channels are observed. They also scale with dE/dx and confirm the previously postulated irradiation-induced conversion of CO2 to CO. Irradiations along the crystallographic a-, b- and c-axis reveal no significant anisotropy effect with respect to lattice alterations. The polarisation characteristics of the Raman-active modes confirm the preferred molecular alignment of CO and CO2 along the a-axis direction.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Dr. Reinhard Kaindl and one anonymous reviewer for constructive comments. We acknowledge Marcus Schrauder, Vienna, for providing us with the crystal specimens from Madagascar (sample CORTS). We thank Ilona Fin and Oliver Wienand for their careful preparation of the crystal sections, and Sandra Panienka for her help with carrying out the electron microprobe analyses. Financial support within the BMBF Verbundprojekt and GSI research grant (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, grant 05KK7VH1 to UAG) is acknowledged. Fitting was performed with the free software FITYK 0.8.9 (http://www.unipress.waw.pl/fityk/).

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  1. Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Heidelberg, 69210, Heidelberg, Germany

    Christian Weikusat, Ronald Miletich & Ulrich A. Glasmacher

  2. GSI Helmholtzzentrum, 64291, Darmstadt, Germany

    Christina Trautmann & Reinhard Neumann

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Weikusat, C., Miletich, R., Glasmacher, U.A. et al. Heavy-ion irradiation on crystallographically oriented cordierite and the conversion of molecular CO2 to CO: a Raman spectroscopic study. Phys Chem Minerals 37, 417–424 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00269-009-0343-x

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