Luminescence of natural and synthetic zirconium crystals

摘要

Analyzing experimental results on photo- and #gamma# -luminescence of crystals, exposed to #gamma#-, #alpha#- and neutron irradiation, as well as annealed natural and synthetic pure ZrSiO_4 crystals, containing different impurities, one made a conclusion that defects of the radiation origin are responsible for yellow iuminescence in zirconium with a maximum over the range of 580-590 nm.