Sodalite CL measurement, 5 keV e- beam, Agamah et al. 2020

Measurement details

Reference Agamah et al. 2020
Agamah C., Vuori S., Colinet P., Norrbo I., de Carvalho J. M., Okada Nakamura L. K., Lindblom J., van Goethem L., Emmermann A., Saarinen T., Laihinen T., Laakkonen E., Lindén J., Konu J., Vrielinck H., Van der Heggen D., Smet P. F., Bahers T. L. & Lastusaari M. (2020). Hackmanite—The Natural Glow-in-the-Dark Material. Chem. Mater., 32(20), 8895-8905. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c02554
Material Sodalite [ Na4(Si3Al3)O12Cl ]
Technique Cathodoluminescence (CL)
Instrument Nuclide Corporation ELM2EX Luminoscope
Probe 5 keV electron beam
Detector name Avantes Avaspec HS-TEC spectrometer
Lines F+ center 350 nm, 364 nm

Composition

Nominal composition of Sodalite [ Na4(Si3Al3)O12Cl ].
Element Atoms At% Wt%
Na 4 17.4 19
Al 3 13 16.7
Si 3 13 17.4
O 12 52.2 39.6
Cl 1 4.35 7.32