Novel etching protocol for epidote fission tracks

dc.contributor.authorNakasuga, Wagner Massayuki [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorTello Saenz, Carlos Alberto [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorCampos Curvo, Eduardo Augusto
dc.contributor.authorHadler Neto, Julio Cesar
dc.contributor.authorGuedes, Sandro
dc.contributor.authorResende, Rosana Silveira [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionUFMT
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-11T16:54:52Z
dc.date.available2018-12-11T16:54:52Z
dc.date.issued2018-11-01
dc.description.abstractAlong the years, etching for fission tracks was a major issue in the development of the epidote fission track dating. It was not a consensus in the scientific community. As an attempt to mitigate it, we present a novel etching protocol (HF 40% at 15 °C for 80 min) and test it in ten different natural samples etched with HF 40% at 15 °C for 80 min (nine epidotes and one clinozoisite). The samples had their chemical compositions determined, forming a database for epidote chemical compositions. Fission tracks were observed in five samples. The uranium content in the remaining four samples was too low and hence tracks could not be observed. Further analyses, Raman and uranium concentration, confirm this observation. Fission tracks were not observed in clinozoisite sample. The proposed etching protocol showed to be less hazardous and efficient to etching fission tracks in epidote.en
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Physics Chemistry and Biology São Paulo State University UNESP
dc.description.affiliationInstitute of Physics Federal University of Mato Grosso UFMT
dc.description.affiliationInstitute of Physics “Gleb Wataghin” University of Campinas
dc.description.affiliationUnespDepartment of Physics Chemistry and Biology São Paulo State University UNESP
dc.description.sponsorshipCoordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.description.sponsorshipIdFAPESP: 2010/20496–2
dc.format.extent26-30
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2018.08.007
dc.identifier.citationRadiation Measurements, v. 118, p. 26-30.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.radmeas.2018.08.007
dc.identifier.file2-s2.0-85051275117.pdf
dc.identifier.issn1350-4487
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85051275117
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/171320
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofRadiation Measurements
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,509
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso aberto
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectClinozoisite
dc.subjectEpidote
dc.subjectEtching
dc.titleNovel etching protocol for epidote fission tracksen
dc.typeArtigo
unesp.author.lattes5982597921345094[2]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0003-1945-6721[6]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-0369-8999[2]

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