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Nucleation in Photosensitive Gold Ruby Glass
Author(s) -
FUTATO R. J.,
DOREMUS R. H.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1980.tb10682.x
Subject(s) - nucleation , cerium , irradiation , materials science , electron , photoelectric effect , electron beam processing , chemical physics , chemistry , metallurgy , optoelectronics , nuclear physics , physics , organic chemistry
The numbers of gold particles in a gold ruby glass were calculated as a function of irradiation time, nucleation and irradiation temperature, and cerium concentration. Photonucleation in Ce‐containing glasses and nucleation by X rays in glasses without cerium were similar, suggesting that cerium was not directly involved in nucleating the gold particles. The results were consistent with nucleation by trapped photoelectrons. Temperature of irradiation and cerium concentration influenced production and recombination of the trapped electrons. A decreased number of nuclei as the nucleation temperature increased probably resulted from recombination of the trapped electrons.