Zirconia (var. Y stabilised) CL/SEM spectrum, 20 keV e- beam, CSIRO 2016

Measurement details

Description CL/SEM spectrum of stabilised zirconia
Reference Otherwise unpublished luminescence spectra measured by the CSIRO Mineral Resources Microbeam Laboratory, Clayton
https://research.csiro.au/microbeam-lab/
Material Zirconia (var. Y stabilised) [ ZrO2:Y ]
Specimen ZrO2(Y) HyperI-41 [CSIRO - Microbeam Laboratory Standards]
Related specimen P-0293 Zirconia [CSIRO - Microbeam Laboratory Standards]. Stabilised cubic zirconia. ex L. Cranswick CSIRO. Note: check for MgO and or Y2O3 (also Th and U)
Specimen temperature Ambient
Technique Cathodoluminescence (CL), using an Electron Probe Micro-Analyser (EPMA)
Instrument JEOL 8500F
Probe 20 keV electron beam
Beam current 10 nA
Probe diameter 20 μm
Channel count 1024
Energy range 1.276 … 6.21118 eV
Intensity range -0.29 … 21.672 counts
Integral 5697.84 counts
Lines Intrinsic defect 2.4671 eV (100%), Nd3+ 1.3956 eV (11%)

Composition

Composition of Zirconia (var.Y stabilised) in specimen "ZrO2(Y) HyperI-41" [CSIRO].
Element Atoms At% Wt%
Y 13.1 13.1 16.1
Hf 0.8 0.8 1.97
Zr 60.7 60.7 76.4
O 25.4 25.4 5.6

Measurement spectrum

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CL/SEM spectrum of stabilised zirconia

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