Aqueous depletion of Mg from olivine surfaces enhanced by ion irradiation

Details Aqueous depletion of Mg from olivine surfaces enhanced by ion irradiation Aqueous depletion of Mg from olivine surfaces enhanced by ion irradiation

Sep 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008jgre..11309011c&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 113, Issue E9, CiteID E09011

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Mineralogy And Petrology: Alteration And Weathering Processes (1039), Mineralogy And Petrology: Instruments And Techniques, Mineral Physics: Thermal Expansivity, Mineralogy And Petrology: Meteorite Mineralogy And Petrology (1028, 6240), Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets: Interactions With Particles And Fields

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Laboratory experiments demonstrate that olivine irradiated with keV ions and exposed to water exhibits up to a 60% reduction from the original near-surface concentration of magnesium, as measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The depth of this depletion layer is measured to be ~15 nm. Irradiations were performed with 4 keV ions at fluences from 1014-1019 ions cm-2 and water immersion times ranging from 3 s to more than 100 h in neutral (pH = 6.8), high-purity water. The depletion of Mg depends strongly on ion fluence but weakly on immersion time after 3 min, when it saturates. Remarkably, ion irradiation enhances the rate of surface depletion of Mg from olivine by a factor of 26,000. This effect must be considered when assessing the surface composition of samples exposed to simulated space weathering in the laboratory and during the handling and analysis of irradiated extraterrestrial specimens acquired via sample return missions.

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