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

Measurement details

Description SXES spectrum of Adularia
Reference CSIRO SXES database by C. M. MacRae, N. C. Wilson, and A. Torpy, CSIRO Mineral Resources
https://spectroscopy.csiro.au/sxes
Date measured 2016-09-26
Material Adularia [ KAlSi3O8 ]
Specimen KAlSi3O8 Hyper2-20 Orthoclase [CSIRO - Microbeam Lab standard blocks]
Related specimen P-0080 Adularia [CSIRO - Microbeam Lab P-mounts]. Composition does not match Adu on Hyper1!
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 149.25 … 7640.67 counts
Integral 1.2503×106 counts

Composition

Nominal composition of Adularia [ KAlSi3O8 ].
Element Atoms At% Wt%
K 1 7.69 14
Al 1 7.69 9.69
Si 3 23.1 30.3
O 8 61.5 46

Measurement spectrum

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SXES spectrum of Adularia