Halite CL/SEM spectrum, 20 keV e- beam, CSIRO 2016

Measurement details

Description CL/SEM spectrum of Halite
Reference Otherwise unpublished luminescence spectra measured by the CSIRO Mineral Resources Microbeam Laboratory, Clayton
https://research.csiro.au/microbeam-lab/
Material Halite [ NaCl ]
Specimen temperature Ambient
Technique Cathodoluminescence (CL), using an Electron Probe Micro-Analyser (EPMA)
Instrument JEOL 8500F
Probe 20 keV electron beam
Beam current 10 nA
Probe diameter 20 μm
Channel count 1024
Energy range 1.27648 … 6.20992 eV
Intensity range 100 (normalised intensity)
Lines F-H centre recombination 2.9346 eV (43%), VF- center 2.275 eV (100%)

Composition

Nominal composition of Halite [ NaCl ].
Element Atoms At% Wt%
Na 1 50 39.3
Cl 1 50 60.7

Measurement spectrum

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CL/SEM spectrum of Halite