Carnotite PL measurement, Gorobets and Sidorenko 1974; Sidorenko et al. 1986

Measurement details

Reference Gorobets B. S., and Sidorenko G.A. Luminescence of secondary uranium minerals at low temperatures. - Atomic Energy. - 1974. - V. 36. - No. 6. ; Sidorenko G.A., Gorobets B.S. and Dubinchuk V.T. Modern Methods of Mineralogical Analysis of Uranium-bearing Ores. - Moscow: Energoatom-izdat. - 1986. - 184 p.
Material Carnotite [ K2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O ]
Specimen temperature Ambient
Technique Photoluminescence (PL)
Line VO43- 600 nm

Composition

Nominal composition of Carnotite [ K2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O ].
Element Atoms At% Wt%
K 2 7.41 8.67
U 2 7.41 52.8
O 15 55.6 26.6
V 2 7.41 11.3
H 6 22.2 0.67