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    Etching of fission tracks in monazite: An experimental study

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    Authors
    Jones, S.
    Gleadow, A.
    Kohn, B.
    Reddy, Steven
    Date
    2019
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Jones, S. and Gleadow, A. and Kohn, B. and Reddy, S.M. 2019. Etching of fission tracks in monazite: An experimental study. Terra Nova. 31 (3): pp. 179-188.
    Source Title
    Terra Nova
    DOI
    10.1111/ter.12382
    ISSN
    0954-4879
    Faculty
    Faculty of Science and Engineering
    School
    School of Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS)
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79369
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    Abstract

    This study reports a range of etching and annealing experiments to establish the optimum conditions for the etching of fission tracks in monazite. The previously reported concentrated (12 M) HCl etchant at 90°C was found to cause grain loss from epoxy mounts and high degrees of grain corrosion, as did much longer etching times at lower temperatures. Using implanted 252 Cf semi-tracks, a series of experiments were performed on internal prismatic faces of monazite-(Ce) crystals from the Palaeozoic Harcourt Granodiorite (Victoria, Australia) using an alternative 6 M HCl etchant, also at 90°C. Step-etch results show optimal etching at 60–90 min. Further, an isothermal annealing experiment illustrated that the degree of annealing that can be expected during etching at 90°C under laboratory time scales is negligible. The etching rate between grains is not uniform, with a correlation demonstrated between over-etched grains and high U and Th concentrations.

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