Kyanite CL/SEM spectrum, e- beam, CSIRO 2014

Measurement spectrum

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Measurement details

Description CL/SEM spectrum of Kyanite
Reference Otherwise unpublished luminescence spectra measured by the CSIRO Mineral Resources Microbeam Laboratory, Clayton
https://research.csiro.au/microbeam-lab/
Material Kyanite [ Al2SiO5 ]
Specimen temperature Ambient
Analysis technique Cathodoluminescence (CL), using an Electron Probe Micro-Analyser (EPMA)
Instrument JEOL 8500F
Probe Electron beam
Channel count 1024
Energy range 1.26882 … 6.19608 eV
Intensity range 0.279 … 370 counts
Integral 68090.1 counts
Lines Cr3+ 1.624 eV (85%), 1.7551 eV (100%), 1.797 eV (46%)

Composition

Nominal composition of Kyanite [ Al2SiO5 ].
Element Atoms At% Wt%
Al 2 25 33.3
O 5 62.5 49.4
Si 1 12.5 17.3

Measurement image

CL/SEM spectrum of Kyanite