Anisotropic mechanical properties of zircon and the effect of radiation damage

Beirau, Tobias; Nix, William D.; Bismayer, Ulrich; Boatner, Lynn A.; Isaacson, Scott G.; Ewing, Rodney C.

doi:10.1007/s00269-016-0822-9

Title: Anisotropic mechanical properties of zircon and the effect of radiation damage

Journal Article · Thu Jun 02 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physics and Chemistry of Minerals

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00269-016-0822-9· OSTI ID:1261332

Beirau, Tobias ^[1]; Nix, William D. ^[2]; Bismayer, Ulrich ^[3]; Boatner, Lynn A. ^[4]; Isaacson, Scott G. ^[2]; Ewing, Rodney C. ^[2]

Stanford Univ., CA (United States); Univ. of Hamburg (Germany)
Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
Univ. of Hamburg (Germany)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Our study provides new insights into the relationship between radiation-dose-dependent structural damage, due to natural U and Th impurities, and the anisotropic mechanical properties (Poisson s ratio, elastic modulus and hardness) of zircon. Natural zircon samples from Sri Lanka (see Muarakami et al. 1991) and synthetic samples, covering a dose range of zero up to 6.8 x 10¹⁸ -decays/g, have been studied by nanoindentation. Measurements along the [100] crystallographic direction and calculations, based on elastic stiffness constants determined by zkan (1976), revealed a general radiation-induced decrease in stiffness (~ 54 %) and hardness (~ 48 %) and an increase of the Poisson s ratio (~ 54 %) with increasing dose. Additional indentations on selected samples along the [001] allowed one to follow the amorphization process to the point that the mechanical properties are isotropic. This work shows that the radiation-dose-dependent changes of the mechanical properties of zircon can be directly correlated with the amorphous fraction as determined by previous investigations with local and global probes (Rios et al. 2000a; Farnan and Salje 2001; Zhang and Salje 2001). This agreement, revealed by the different methods, indicates a huge influence of structural and even local phenomena on the macroscopic mechanical properties.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

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OSTI ID:: 1261332

Journal Information:: Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, Journal Name: Physics and Chemistry of Minerals; ISSN 0342-1791

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