Benitoite SXES spectrum, 5 keV e- beam, CSIRO 2016

Measurement details

Description SXES spectrum of Benitoite
Reference CSIRO SXES database by C. M. MacRae, N. C. Wilson, and A. Torpy, CSIRO Mineral Resources
https://research.csiro.au/microbeam-lab/
Date measured 2016-09-27
Material Benitoite [ BaTiSi3O9 ]
Specimen BaTiSi3O9 HyperII-38 [CSIRO]
Related specimen P-0357 Benitoite [CSIRO]. Museums Victoria, unknown catalog number
Technique Soft x-ray emission spectroscopy (SXES)
Instrument JEOL 8530F
Probe 5 keV electron beam
Beam current 60.1 nA
Grating 50XL
Acquisition time 640 s
Channel count 2048
Energy range 46.8109 … 170.472 eV
Intensity range 2948.19 … 8132.42 counts
Integral 9.2534×106 counts

Composition

Composition of Benitoite in specimen "BaTiSi3O9 HyperII-38" [CSIRO].
Element Atoms At% Wt%
Ba 1 7.14 33.2
Ti 1 7.14 11.6
Si 3 21.4 20.4
O 9 64.3 34.8

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SXES spectrum of Benitoite