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 | 50.9942 s |
| Live time | 33.542 s |
| Dead time | 34.2239 % |
| Channel count | 4096 |
| Energy range | -477.548 … 19984.5 eV |
| Gain | 4.99684 eV/channel |
| Intensity range | 1.389×105 counts |
| Integral | 1.0305×107 counts |
Specimen details
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
| Element | Atoms | At% | Wt% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ca | 0.003414 | 0.02355 | 0.037 |
| Mg | 1.63 | 11.2 | 10.7 |
| Ti | 0.00927 | 0.0639 | 0.12 |
| Cr | 0.001636 | 0.01128 | 0.023 |
| Mn | 0.00875 | 0.0604 | 0.13 |
| Fe | 1 | 6.9 | 15.1 |
| Al | 1.6 | 11.1 | 11.7 |
| Si | 1.55 | 10.7 | 11.8 |
| O | 8.69 | 59.9 | 37.6 |