<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Radiation induced defects (RID-s) and transition metal ion impurities were revealed by EPR (Electron Paramagnetic Resonance) spectroscopy in kaolinites from a number of Polish deposits. Arelationship between the intensity of the EPR signals of the RID-s and quantity of radioactive elements was defined in these minerals. In one of the deposits of kaolinites (Wyszonowice) the EPR signal intensity depends on grain size. Other clay minerals studied (illites, montmorillonites) only show weak signals of the RID type.</p></abstract>

Radiation induced defects (RID-s) and transition metal ion impurities were revealed by EPR (Electron Paramagnetic Resonance) spectroscopy in kaolinites from a number of Polish deposits. Arelationship between the intensity of the EPR signals of the RID-s and quantity of radioactive elements was defined in these minerals. In one of the deposits of kaolinites (Wyszonowice) the EPR signal intensity depends on grain size. Other clay minerals studied (illites, montmorillonites) only show weak signals of the RID type.

EPR Study of Paramagnetic Defects in Clay Minerals

Building Research Institute, ul. Filtrowa 1, 00-611 Warszawa, Poland

Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, ul. Ingardena 3, 30-060 Kraków, Poland

Faculty of Material Science and Ceramics, AGH-University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland

Mineralogia

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Radiation induced defects (RID-s) and transition metal ion impurities were revealed by EPR (Electron Paramagnetic Resonance) spectroscopy in kaolinites from a...

EPR Study of Paramagnetic Defects in Clay Minerals

Published Online: Nov 21, 2008

Page range: 125 - 138

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10002-007-0021-x

Keywords
EPR, clay minerals, radiation induced defects

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EPR Study of Paramagnetic Defects in Clay Minerals

Published Online: Nov 21, 2008

Page range: 125 - 138

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10002-007-0021-x

KeywordsEPR, clay minerals, radiation induced defects

This content is open access.

Keywords
EPR, clay minerals, radiation induced defects