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

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Measurement details

Description CL/SEM spectrum of Sphalerite
Reference Otherwise unpublished luminescence spectra measured by the CSIRO Mineral Resources Microbeam Laboratory, Clayton
https://research.csiro.au/microbeam-lab/
Material Sphalerite [ ZnS ]
Specimen temperature Ambient
Analysis 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 1.276 … 6.21118 eV
Intensity range -0.269 … 22.1 counts
Integral 2075.03 counts
Lines Band gap 3.664 eV (100%), {{linesearch:a3fb6f7e-8a06-4b10-9f8b-63c92346bbd5|Unspecified}}: 1.9223 eV (29%), 2.3154 eV (16%), 2.7246 eV (21%)

Composition

Nominal composition of Sphalerite [ ZnS ].
Element Atoms At% Wt%
Zn 1 50 67.1
S 1 50 32.9
Total 2 100 100

Measurement image

CL/SEM spectrum of Sphalerite