Kyanite EDS spectrum, 20 keV e- beam, Torpy et al. 2020
Measurement spectrum
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Measurement details
| Description | EDS spectrum of Al2SiO5 from the Tista River, Bangladesh |
| Reference | Torpy et al. 2020 Torpy, A., Wilson, N., MacRae, C., Pownceby, M., Biswas, P., Rahman, M., & Zaman, M. (2020). Deciphering the Complex Mineralogy of River Sand Deposits through Clustering and Quantification of Hyperspectral X-Ray Maps. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 26(4), 768-792 https://doi.org/10.1017/S143192762000135X |
| Date measured | 2018-05-01 |
| Material | Kyanite [ Al2SiO5 ] |
| Analysis technique | Energy dispersive x-ray spectrometry (EDS) |
| Instrument | JEOL 8500F |
| Probe | 20 keV electron beam |
| Beam current | 69.64 nA |
| Probe diameter | 2 μm |
| Detector name | 2× Bruker XFLASH |
| Det. technology | Silicon drift detector (SDD) |
| Real time | 674.226 s |
| Live time | 408.77 s |
| Dead time | 39.372 % |
| Channel count | 4096 |
| Energy range | -477.548 … 19984.5 eV |
| Gain | 4.99684 eV/channel |
| Intensity range | 4.142×106 counts |
| Integral | 1.5096×108 counts |
| Related measurement | Kyanite CL spectrum, 20 keV e- beam, Torpy et al. 2020 (co-measured) |
Specimen details
Specimen image
Clustered phase map of river sands (D4 shaker), from the Tista River, Bangladesh. From Torpy et al. 2020
© (C) 2020 CSIRO Mineral Resources
Composition
| Element | Atoms | At% | Wt% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ca | 0.000292 | 0.003561 | 0.007 |
| Ti | 0.00105 | 0.0128 | 0.03 |
| V | 0.0005907 | 0.007205 | 0.018 |
| Cr | 0.0007395 | 0.00902 | 0.023 |
| Fe | 0.0129 | 0.157 | 0.43 |
| Al | 2.06 | 25.2 | 33.3 |
| Si | 1 | 12.2 | 16.8 |
| O | 5.12 | 62.4 | 49 |