Title
Electrical characterization of the Macusanite volcanic glass and influence of nuclear fission tracks on electrical conductivity
Date Issued
01 November 2020
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
research article
Author(s)
Paulista State University
Abstract
Direct current dielectrical measurements were performed on samples of natural volcanic glass Macusanite with and without previous heat treatment at 650 °C for 10 h. Samples were analyzed via Source Measure Unit Keithley 238 instrument, which applies a voltage to provide the corresponding current. Moreover, the electrical measurements were also performed on a fission-induced irradiated sample in order to investigate the influence of the latent nuclear tracks on the electrical conductivity and activation energy of the glass with increasing temperature. The electrical characterization showed the characteristic insulating behavior of the glass: high resistance and low conductivity. However, after the sample was irradiated the electrical characterization provided a lower activation energy, which leads to better conductivity of the sample with increasing temperature. This enhancement in the glass conductivity with increasing temperature may be attributed to the latent nuclear tracks induced by irradiation, which favors the mobility of electric charges in the glass, and to the vibration frequency of the ions in the reorganized atomic structure after the glass was thermally treated.
Volume
176
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
FÃsica nuclear
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85086454079
Source
Radiation Physics and Chemistry
ISSN of the container
0969806X
Sponsor(s)
This work was supported by Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo , Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento CientÃfico e Tecnológico , and Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior . The authors also thank professor and geological engineer Jacinto Valencia of the Peruvian Institute of Nuclear Energy, IPEN, Lima, Peru for providing the Macusanite samples and the Institute of Energetic and Nuclear Research, IPEN/CNEN for the irradiation of the samples.
This work was supported by Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento CientÃfico e Tecnológico, and Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior. The authors also thank professor and geological engineer Jacinto Valencia of the Peruvian Institute of Nuclear Energy, IPEN, Lima, Peru for providing the Macusanite samples and the Institute of Energetic and Nuclear Research, IPEN/CNEN for the irradiation of the samples.
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