• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 14, Issue 5, 053001 (2016)
Xiaozhen Han1、2、*, Yan Kang3, Xiao Wu2, Xueliang Liu1, and Shouguo Guo1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Gemstone Testing Center, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
  • 2Jewelry College, Shanghai Jian Qiao University, Shanghai 201306, China
  • 3Research Center of Analysis and Test, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201614.053001 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Xiaozhen Han, Yan Kang, Xiao Wu, Xueliang Liu, Shouguo Guo. Study on low-temperature heat treatment of purplish red sapphire[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2016, 14(5): 053001 Copy Citation Text show less
    Sample and its postheating color changes. (a) Photo of the unheated sample, photos of the sample heated at (b) 1100°C, (c) 1200°C, and (d) 1300°C.
    Fig. 1. Sample and its postheating color changes. (a) Photo of the unheated sample, photos of the sample heated at (b) 1100°C, (c) 1200°C, and (d) 1300°C.
    Comparison of different UV-VIS absorption spectra of corundum samples before and after heat treatment. (a) UV-VIS absorption spectra of the unheated sample, UV-VIS absorption spectra of the sample heated at (b) 1100°C, (c) 1200°C, and (d) 1300°C.
    Fig. 2. Comparison of different UV-VIS absorption spectra of corundum samples before and after heat treatment. (a) UV-VIS absorption spectra of the unheated sample, UV-VIS absorption spectra of the sample heated at (b) 1100°C, (c) 1200°C, and (d) 1300°C.
    Observed and fitted absorption spectrum of the sapphire sample after it is heated at 1300°C (spectrum range from 490 to 640 nm).
    Fig. 3. Observed and fitted absorption spectrum of the sapphire sample after it is heated at 1300°C (spectrum range from 490 to 640 nm).
    Observed and fitted x ray photoelectron spectrometer spectrum of Fe 2p from the surface of the sapphire sample: (a) unheated sample, sample heated at (b) 1100°C, (c) 1200°C, and (d) 1300°C.
    Fig. 4. Observed and fitted x ray photoelectron spectrometer spectrum of Fe 2p from the surface of the sapphire sample: (a) unheated sample, sample heated at (b) 1100°C, (c) 1200°C, and (d) 1300°C.
    Observed and fitted x ray photoelectron spectrometer spectrum of Ti 2p from the surface of the sapphire sample: (a) unheated sample, sample heated at (b) 1100°C, (c) 1200°C, and (d) 1300°C.
    Fig. 5. Observed and fitted x ray photoelectron spectrometer spectrum of Ti 2p from the surface of the sapphire sample: (a) unheated sample, sample heated at (b) 1100°C, (c) 1200°C, and (d) 1300°C.
    Al2O3Cr2O3Fe2O3TiO2SiO2CaOGaO
    96.05210.80901.96650.13020.33480.27880.0415
    Table 1. XRF Testing Results of the Sample (wt.%)
     Binding energies (eV)Percentage ( % )
    −Unheat−1100°C−1200°C−1300°C
    Fe2+711.739.6249.8058.9065.35
    Fe3+713.660.3850.2041.1034.65
    Ti3+455.351.2843.7442.408.33
    Ti4+458.848.7256.2657.6091.67
    Table 2. X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometer Analysis Results of Fe 2p and Ti 2p Spectrum at Different Temperatures
    Xiaozhen Han, Yan Kang, Xiao Wu, Xueliang Liu, Shouguo Guo. Study on low-temperature heat treatment of purplish red sapphire[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2016, 14(5): 053001
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