Chlorite (var. Mg, Fe) EDS spectrum, 20 keV e- beam, Torpy et al. 2020
Measurement spectrum
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Measurement details
| Description | EDS spectrum of Chlorite |
| 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 | {{mtl:Chlorite|Chlorite (var. Mg, Fe)}} [ (Mg, Fe)5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)8 ] |
| 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 | 208.627 s |
| Live time | 136.896 s |
| Dead time | 34.3824 % |
| Channel count | 4096 |
| Energy range | -477.548 … 19984.5 eV |
| Gain | 4.99684 eV/channel |
| Intensity range | 5.586×105 counts |
| Integral | 4.2197×107 counts |
Specimen details
Specimen image
Clustered phase map of river sands (D4 shaker), from the Tista River, Bangladesh. From Torpy et al. 2020
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Composition
| Element | Atoms | At% | Wt% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ca | 0.004489 | 0.03072 | 0.047 |
| Mg | 1 | 6.84 | 6.35 |
| Ti | 0.005278 | 0.03612 | 0.066 |
| V | 0.0009768 | 0.006684 | 0.013 |
| Mn | 0.0216 | 0.148 | 0.31 |
| Fe | 1.56 | 10.7 | 22.8 |
| Al | 1.59 | 10.9 | 11.2 |
| Si | 1.55 | 10.6 | 11.4 |
| O | 8.88 | 60.7 | 37.1 |