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Mechanical properties, strength physics and plasticity

Quartz structure transformation under a shock wave

V. I. Vettegren, V. S. Kuksenko, I. P. Shcherbakov, R. I. Mamalimov

Ioffe Institute, St. Petersburg

Abstract: The structure of a fragment formed after quartz single-crystal fracture under a shock wave has been studied using the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) method. The wave is initiated by electrical breakdown of air in a hole within the single crystal. It has been found that a layer $\sim$ 0.15 $\mu$m thick consisting of “diaplectic glass”, i.e., quartz with a strongly distorted lattice, is formed on the fragment surface. A layer 2 $\mu$m thick with a compressed quartz lattice is located under it.

Received: 04.06.2015

 English version: Physics of the Solid State, 2015, 57:12, 2458–2460

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