Albite EDS spectrum, 20 keV e- beam, Torpy et al. 2020
Measurement spectrum
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Measurement details
| Description | EDS spectrum of albite 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 | Albite [ NaAlSi3O8 ] |
| 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) |
| Takeoff angle | 40° |
| Max. throughput | 260 kcounts/s |
| Real time | 248.566 s |
| Live time | 154.916 s |
| Dead time | 37.6761 % |
| Channel count | 4096 |
| Energy range | -477.548 … 19989.5 eV |
| Gain | 4.99806 eV/channel |
| Intensity range | 1.168×106 counts |
| Integral | 5.3839×107 counts |
| Related measurement | Albite CL spectrum, 20 keV e- beam, Torpy et al. 2020 (co-measured) |
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% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Na | 1 | 6.91 | 7.8 |
| Ca | 0.105 | 0.727 | 1.43 |
| Cr | 0.001474 | 0.01018 | 0.026 |
| Fe | 0.0132 | 0.0912 | 0.25 |
| Al | 1.26 | 8.68 | 11.5 |
| Si | 3.2 | 22.1 | 30.5 |
| O | 8.9 | 61.5 | 48.3 |