• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.290-297
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• 2004

가열과 가스 확산을 동시에 이용한 열처리에 의해 어두운 청색에서 거의 검은색에 가까운 colored patch를 가지고 있는 Mong Hsu산 천연루비의 색상개선을 행하였다. 열처리 조건은 산화분위기하 1400~$1600^{\circ}C$의 온도 범위에서 12시간이었다. 이와 같은 조건에서 Mong Hsu산 천연루비의 colored patch는 제거되었으며, 그 결과 선명한 적색을 나타내었다. EPMA 결과로부터 청색에서 거의 검은색에 가까운 colored patch를 나타내는 부분은 $Fe^{2+}$와 $Ti^{4+}$ 의 전하 이동에 의해 나타나는 것을 알았다. 이 결과는 열처리 후 청색 또는 검은색의 colored patch를 유발시키는 $Fe(Fe^{2+}{\;}또는{\;}Fe^{3+})$ 와 $Ti^{4+}$ 이온의 함량이 처리전과 비교해 감소한 XRF 결과와 일치한다. XPS 분석결과로부터 루비를 $1700^{\circ}C$ 이상의 고온에서 처리하면 Mong Hsu산 천연루비의 표면에 생성되는 실크는 루틸 상의 $TiO_2$ 재결정화에 의한 것임을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.90-94
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• 2009

Mong Hsu rubies from Myanmar were heat treated in oxidizing(oxygen) atmosphere at $1650^{\circ}C$ for 1 hour. The investigations of the micro-structural defects in the samples before and after heat treatment have been carried out by the variety of analysis techniques of FTIR, UV-VIS-NIR and SEM-EDS. It was found that after heat treatment the dark blue cores region were disappeared and turned to orange red color with the presence of the dense cloudy brownish colored tiny particles in and near former blue zoning. As-received ruby samples only revealed the presence of FTIR absorption peaks of diaspore, boehmite and O-H stretching, at 1986, 2115 and $3078/3319\;cm^{-1}$ respectively. The UV-VIS-NIR absorption of as-received and heat treated ruby samples similarly showed peaks at 405, 554 and 693 nm associated with $Cr^{3+}$, but for the same samples, the absorption peak of heat-treated ruby samples at 693 nm was somewhat stronger than that of the untreated ruby samples. Especially the presence of $Cr^{3+}$ peaks at 659 and 675 nm was found obviously in as-received ruby samples only. The SEM-EDS investigation disclosed the micro-porous defect structures commonly related to the core regions of the untreated ruby samples, which after heat treatment in an oxidizing environment those defect features have been dissolved into the host phase resulting in the lightening or disappearance of the dark coloration of ruby core.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.55-59
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• 2011

Mong Hsu rubies from Myanmar include typically the dark core and blue patch but most of the previous research has merely focused on the dark core. This work is aimed to understanding clearly the characteristic of the dark core and blue patch of Mong Hsu rubies. It was found from the FTIR analysis that the dark core and blue patch region showed the absorption peaks of boehmite ($1986\;cm^{-1}$), diaspore ($2115\;cm^{-1}$) and water ($3400{\sim}3900\;cm^{-1}$) but the absorption peaks of O-H stretching ($3309\;cm^{-1}$ and $3078\;cm^{-1}$) were found only in blue patch region. The UV-VIS-NIR analysis of the dark core region revealed the stronger absorption of $Cr^{3+}$ at 405 and 554 nm compared to the blue patch region. In range of 600~800 nm, the UV absorption characteristic at 659, 675 and 693 nm assigned to $Cr^{3+}$ of core group samples is distinct from that of blue patch. The SEM-EDS examinations disclosed the existence of lots of micro-cracks and pores in the core regions compared to blue patch region.