A Study of the Registration of Arsenic and Iodine Ions in Olivine and Hypersthene Crystals

Abstract

The registration of the trajectories of arsenic and iodine ions in olivine and hypersthene crystals, considered as “track chambers”, is reported; these trajectories are revealed by chemical etching and observed as tracks in an optical microscope. A brief discussion concerning the different criteria which have been proposed to explain the registration of heavy ion trajectories in solids is given. It is shown that the criterion which is presently accepted is limited in its application because of the uncertainty of two basic parameters in the equation which is used.