Amphibole EDS spectrum, 20 keV e- beam, Torpy et al. 2020
Measurement spectrum
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Measurement details
| Description | EDS spectrum of Amphibole |
| Reference | Torpy et al. 2020 Torpy, A., Wilson, N., MacRae, C., Pownceby, M., Biswas, P., Rahman, M., & Zaman, M. (2020). Deciphering the Complex Mineralogy of River Sand Deposits through Clustering and Quantification of Hyperspectral X-Ray Maps. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 26(4), 768-792 https://doi.org/10.1017/S143192762000135X |
| Date measured | 2018-05-01 |
| Material | Amphibole [ AX2Z5((Si, Al, Ti)8O22)(OH, F, Cl, O)2 ] |
| Analysis technique | Energy dispersive x-ray spectrometry (EDS) |
| Instrument | JEOL 8500F |
| Probe | 20 keV electron beam |
| Beam current | 69.64 nA |
| Probe diameter | 2 μm |
| Detector name | 2× Bruker XFLASH |
| Det. technology | Silicon drift detector (SDD) |
| Real time | 89.8865 s |
| Live time | 57.5525 s |
| Dead time | 35.972 % |
| Channel count | 4096 |
| Energy range | -477.548 … 19984.5 eV |
| Gain | 4.99684 eV/channel |
| Intensity range | 2.543×105 counts |
| Integral | 1.8625×107 counts |
Specimen details
Specimen image
Clustered phase map of river sands (D4 shaker), from the Tista River, Bangladesh. From Torpy et al. 2020
© (C) 2020 CSIRO Mineral Resources
Composition
| Element | Atoms | At% | Wt% |
|---|---|---|---|
| K | 0.167 | 0.743 | 1.22 |
| Na | 0.277 | 1.23 | 1.19 |
| Ca | 1 | 4.45 | 7.49 |
| Mg | 0.603 | 2.68 | 2.74 |
| Ti | 0.117 | 0.522 | 1.05 |
| Cr | 0.009056 | 0.04028 | 0.088 |
| Mn | 0.0321 | 0.143 | 0.33 |
| Fe | 1.84 | 8.18 | 19.2 |
| Al | 1.22 | 5.43 | 6.16 |
| Si | 3.51 | 15.6 | 18.4 |
| O | 13.7 | 61 | 41 |