Zircon SXES spectrum, 5 keV e- beam, CSIRO 2016

Measurement details

Description SXES spectrum of Zircon
Reference CSIRO SXES database by C. M. MacRae, N. C. Wilson, and A. Torpy, CSIRO Mineral Resources
https://research.csiro.au/microbeam-lab/
Date measured 2016-09-26
Material Zircon [ ZrSiO4 ]
Specimen ZrSiO4 HyperII-31 [CSIRO]
Related specimen P-0319 Zircon [CSIRO]. Synthetic 'Zero Standard' crystals. Does not contain U or Th
Technique Soft x-ray emission spectroscopy (SXES)
Instrument JEOL 8530F
Probe 5 keV electron beam
Beam current 99.9 nA
Grating 50XL
Acquisition time 640 s
Channel count 2048
Energy range 46.8109 … 170.472 eV
Intensity range 433.227 … 16509.6 counts
Integral 2.6454×106 counts

Composition

Composition of Zircon in specimen "ZrSiO4 HyperII-31" [CSIRO].
Element Atoms At% Wt%
Zr 1 16.7 49.8
Si 1 16.7 15.3
O 4 66.7 34.9

Measurement spectrum

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SXES spectrum of Zircon

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