Monazite-(Ce) CL spectrum, 20 keV e<sup>-</sup> beam, Rahman <i>et al.</i> 2020

Monazite-(Ce) CL spectrum, 20 keV e^- beam, Rahman et al. 2020

Description	CL spectrum of Monazite-(Ce) from Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
Reference	Rahman et al. 2020 Rahman M. A., Tardio J., Bhargava S., Zaman M. N., Mehedi Hasan A. S. M., Torpy A. & Pownceby M. (2020). Comparison of the chemistry and mineralogy of ilmenite concentrates sourced from fluvial (Brahmaputra River) and beach placer (Cox's Bazar) deposits, Bangladesh., 117, 1-10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.103271
Date measured	2015-03-03
Material	Monazite-(Ce) [ CePO₄ ] Monazite-(Ce) specimen from Norway Photo by Penland, via Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Analysis technique	Cathodoluminescence (CL)
Instrument	JEOL 8500F
Probe	20 keV electron beam
Beam current	59.37 nA
Probe diameter	2 μm
Detector name	QE65000
Acquisition time	9811 s
Channel count	1024
Wavelength range	198.073 … 981.814 nm
Intensity range	-3.253×10⁵ … 6.271×10⁷ counts
Integral	4.5729×10⁹ counts

Nominal composition of Monazite-(Ce) [ CePO₄ ].
Element	Atoms	At%	Wt%
Ce	1	16.7	59.6
P	1	16.7	13.2
O	4	66.7	27.2
Total	6	100	100

CL spectrum of Monazite-(Ce) from Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh