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

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Measurement details

Description SXES spectrum of Thorianite
Reference CSIRO SXES database by C. M. MacRae, N. C. Wilson, and A. Torpy, CSIRO Mineral Resources
https://spectroscopy.csiro.au/sxes
Date measured 2016-09-27
Material Thorianite [ ThO2 ]
Analysis technique Soft x-ray emission spectroscopy (SXES)
Instrument JEOL 8530F
Probe 5 keV electron beam
Beam current 99.9 nA
Grating 50XL
Acquisition time 640 s
Channel count 2048
Energy range 46.8109 … 170.472 eV
Intensity range 1535 … 7162 counts
Integral 5.7485×106 counts

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 Thorianite [ ThO2 ].
Element Atoms At% Wt%
Th 1 33.3 87.9
O 2 66.7 12.1
Total 3 100 100

Measurement image

SXES spectrum of Thorianite

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