Hydroxylapatite CL/SEM measurement, e- beam, Götze 2000a

Measurement details

Reference Götze, J. (2000). Materials characterisation by cathodoluminescence microscopy and spectroscopy. In Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress on Applied Mineralogy in Research, Economy, Technology, Ecology and Culture, pp. 783-786. Gottingen, German
Material Hydroxylapatite [ Ca5(PO4)3(OH) ]
Specimen temperature Ambient
Analysis technique Cathodoluminescence (CL), using a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
Probe Electron beam
Lines Intrinsic 420 nm, {{linesearch:38356736-e69d-46d0-af00-41faf0b28256|Mn2+}}: 600 nm

Composition

Nominal composition of Hydroxylapatite [ Ca5(PO4)3(OH) ].
Element Atoms At% Wt%
Ca 5 22.7 39.9
P 3 13.6 18.5
O 13 59.1 41.4
H 1 4.55 0.201
Total 22 100 100