Abstract
The lattice site of helium implanted at 60 keV in magnesium aluminate spinel (MgAl 2O 4) has been investigated with channeling effect measurements that apply the ion-induced 3He(d, p) 4He nuclear reaction. Within the spinel crystal structure, numerous interstices characterized by octahedral anion coordination are intrinsically unfilled by cations. For implantation at 300 K, a typical helium atom locates centrally in one of these vacant octahedral interstices with a probability of approximately 95%. Significant occupation of other lattice sites of either high or low symmetry was rejected. In particular, helium neither clusters in defect complexes nor locates in tetrahedral interstices or substitutional sites.
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