Zircon EDS spectrum, 20 keV e- beam, Torpy et al. 2020
Measurement details
| Description | EDS spectrum of Zircon from the Tista River, Bangladesh |
| 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 | Zircon [ ZrSiO4 ] |
| Specimen | Tista 2020 D4 Shaker [CSIRO], Teesta River, Bangladesh |
| 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 | 537.594 s |
| Live time | 307.546 s |
| Dead time | 42.7921 % |
| Channel count | 4096 |
| Energy range | -477.548 … 19989.5 eV |
| Gain | 4.99806 eV/channel |
| Intensity range | 1.5008×106 counts |
| Integral | 1.2363×108 counts |
| Related measurement | Zircon CL spectrum, 20 keV e- beam, Torpy et al. 2020 (co-measured) |
Composition
| Element | Atoms | At% | Wt% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hf | 0.0129 | 0.206 | 1.17 |
| Zr | 1 | 16 | 46.3 |
| Fe | 0.0131 | 0.208 | 0.37 |
| Si | 1.07 | 17 | 15.2 |
| O | 4.17 | 66.6 | 33.9 |
Measurement spectrum
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