Forsterite EDS spectrum, 15 keV e- beam, CSIRO 2015

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Measurement details

Description EDS spectrum of Forsterite from Kharelakh intrusion, Noril'sk, Russia
Reference Spectra from unpublished supplementary material for: Torpy A., Wilson N.C., MacRae C.M., Barnes S., and Verrall M. (2015), Characterising drill core mineralogy by micro-XRD mapping, AMAS XIII: the 13th Biennial Australian Microbeam Analysis Symposium: program and abstracts, Eds: Karsten Goemann, Leonid Danyushevsky and Jay Thompson, University of Tasmania, Hobart, February 2015. IBSN: 978-09580408-5-3. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2477868828/view
Date measured 2015-01-30
Material Forsterite [ Mg2SiO4 ]
Analysis technique Energy dispersive x-ray spectrometry (EDS)
Instrument JEOL 8500F
Probe 15 keV electron beam
Beam current 40.12 nA
Probe diameter 1 μm
Det. technology Silicon drift detector (SDD)
Takeoff angle 40°
Max. throughput 180 kcounts/s
Real time 338.674 s
Live time 266.384 s
Dead time 21.345 %
Channel count 3096
Energy range -475.251 … 14994 eV
Gain 4.99814 eV/channel
Intensity range 100 (normalised intensity)
Comment EDS spectrum from unpublished supplementary material.
Measurement tags Unpublished

Specimen details

Name KH-2
Owner CSIRO
Catalog ID S-15-002
Locality Kharaelakh intrusion, Noril'sk-Talnakh region, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberian Federal District, Russia
Type Rock fragment
Form Thin section
Other measurements CL

EDS

Specimen image

Clustered EPMA phase map of the KH-2 specimen (owner: S. Barnes, CSIRO Mineral Resources), from the Kharelakh intrusion, Noril'sk, Russia

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Composition

Nominal composition of Forsterite [ Mg2SiO4 ].
Element Atoms At% Wt%
Mg 2 28.6 34.6
Si 1 14.3 20
O 4 57.1 45.5
Total 7 100 100