Published May 7, 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

Luminescence excitation characteristics of Ca-, Na- and K-aluminosilicates (feldspars), in the stimulation range 20-500 eV: optical detection of XAS

  • 1. Synchrotron Radiation Department, Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington WA4 4AD, Cheshire (United Kingdom)
  • 2. Radiation Research Department, Riso National Laboratory, 4000 Roskilde (Denmark)
  • 3. Geological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Oster Voldgade 5-7, 1350 Copenhagen (Denmark)
  • 4. Nordic Laboratory for Luminescence Dating, Aarhus University, Riso National Laboratory, 4000 Roskilde (Denmark)

Description

We demonstrate that the visible/UV luminescence from common feldspar crystals (NaAlSi3O8, KAlSi3O8 and CaAl2Si2O8) can be used to detect detailed L-edge and associated near-edge absorption structure of the main constituent atoms (Ca, K, Na, Al, Si), when exciting in the energy range 20-500 eV. Comparisons of the spectral features are drawn with similar measurements made on the associated materials SiO2, Al2O3 and CaCO3. The potential for using optically detected x-ray absorption spectroscopy as a method for identifying the luminescent components of mixed mineral samples is considered

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0022-3727/36/1107/d30908.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. D, Applied Physics (ISSN 1361-6463) http://www.iop.org/

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. D, Applied Physics
Journal Volume
36
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
p. 1107-1114
ISSN
0022-3727
CODEN
JPAPBE