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

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Measurement details

Description CL/SEM spectrum of Thorium dioxide
Reference Otherwise unpublished luminescence spectra measured by the CSIRO Mineral Resources Microbeam Laboratory, Clayton
https://research.csiro.au/microbeam-lab/
Material Thorium dioxide [ ThO2 ]
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 0.525 … 694 counts
Integral 216771 counts
Lines Unspecified 2.5428 eV (100%), 3.5704 eV, 3.1876 eV

Specimen image

BSE image of Thorium dioxide [ThO2] in 'ThO2 Hyper1-38' standard (CSIRO). Instrument: JEOL JSM-IT800.

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Composition

Nominal composition of Thorium dioxide [ ThO2 ].
Element Atoms At% Wt%
Th 1 33.3 87.9
O 2 66.7 12.1
Total 3 100 100

Measurement image

CL/SEM spectrum of Thorium dioxide