Adularia CL/SEM spectrum, e- beam, CSIRO 2011

Measurement details

Description CL/SEM spectrum of Adularia
Reference Otherwise unpublished luminescence spectra measured by the CSIRO Mineral Resources Microbeam Laboratory, Clayton
https://research.csiro.au/microbeam-lab/
Material Adularia [ KAlSi3O8 ]
Specimen temperature Ambient
Technique Cathodoluminescence (CL), using an Electron Probe Micro-Analyser (EPMA)
Instrument JEOL 8500F
Probe Electron beam
Channel count 1024
Energy range 1.2096 … 6.22546 eV
Intensity range -0.999997 … 95.9967 counts
Integral 36025.6 counts
Data filter Savitzky-Golay, 3rd order, ±15 channels
Lines Fe3+ 1.715 eV (45.5%), Ti4+ 2.572 eV (100%), Unspecified 1.356 eV (40.5%)

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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Measurement image

CL/SEM spectrum of Adularia

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