Plagioclase EDS spectrum, 50 kV Rh anode x-ray beam, CSIRO 2015
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Measurement details
| Description | EDS spectrum of Plagioclase |
| Reference | Spectra from unpublished supplementary material for: Torpy A., Wilson N.C., MacRae C.M., Barnes S., and Verrall M. (2015), Characterising drill core mineralogy by micro-XRD mapping, AMAS XIII: the 13th Biennial Australian Microbeam Analysis Symposium: program and abstracts, Eds: Karsten Goemann, Leonid Danyushevsky and Jay Thompson, University of Tasmania, Hobart, February 2015. IBSN: 978-09580408-5-3. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2477868828/view |
| Date measured | 2015-02-04 |
| Material | Plagioclase [ (Na, Ca)[(Si, Al)AlSi2]O8 ] |
| Analysis technique | Energy dispersive x-ray spectrometry (EDS) |
| Instrument | Bruker M4 Tornado |
| Probe | 50 kV Rh anode x-ray beam |
| Anode current | 0.499 mA |
| Detector name | Bruker XFLASH |
| Det. technology | Silicon drift detector (SDD) |
| Real time | 624.759 s |
| Live time | 377.485 s |
| Dead time | 39.5791 % |
| Channel count | 4096 |
| Energy range | -954.595 … 39979.5 eV |
| Gain | 9.99612 eV/channel |
| Intensity range | 9.546×105 counts |
| Integral | 4.2822×107 counts |
| Comment | EDS spectrum from unpublished supplementary material. |
| Measurement tags | Unpublished |
Specimen details
Specimen image
Clustered EPMA phase map of the KH-2 specimen (owner: S. Barnes, CSIRO Mineral Resources), from the Kharelakh intrusion, Noril'sk, Russia
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Composition
| Element | Atoms |
|---|---|
| Na | 0-1 |
| Ca | 0-1 |
| Al | 1-2 |
| Si | 2-3 |
| O | 8 |
| Total | 8 |