Allanite-(Ce) EDS spectrum, 20 keV e- beam, Torpy et al. 2020

Measurement spectrum

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Measurement details

Description EDS spectrum of Allanite-(Ce)
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 Allanite-(Ce) [ CaCe(Al2FeII)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) ]
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 104.359 s
Live time 64.664 s
Dead time 38.037 %
Channel count 4096
Energy range -477.548 … 19984.5 eV
Gain 4.99684 eV/channel
Intensity range 2.056×105 counts
Integral 2.2225×107 counts

Specimen details

Name Tista 2020 D4 Shaker
Owner CSIRO
Locality Teesta River, Bangladesh
Type Mineral concentrate
Form Polished section, epoxy mount
Other measurements CL

EDS

Specimen image

Clustered phase map of river sands (D4 shaker), from the Tista River, Bangladesh. From Torpy et al. 2020

© (C) 2020 CSIRO Mineral Resources


Composition

Composition from this measurement.
Element Atoms At% Wt%
Ca 1 5.11 7.32
Mg 0.0856 0.438 0.38
Th 0.0274 0.14 1.16
Gd 0.00627 0.0321 0.18
Sm 0.00437 0.0223 0.12
Nd 0.13 0.666 3.43
Ce 0.32 1.63 8.18
La 0.156 0.798 3.96
Y 0.0573 0.293 0.93
Ti 0.0469 0.24 0.41
Fe 1.05 5.37 10.7
Al 1.71 8.76 8.44
Si 2.81 14.4 14.4
O 12.1 62.1 35.5