Alkali feldspar (var. lunar) CL spectrum, 15 keV e- beam, CSIRO/WUStL Apollo 12 (2019)

Measurement details

Description CL spectrum of Alkali feldspar (var. lunar), from Apollo 12 mission
Reference Otherwise unpublished work by CSIRO & WUStL, Apollo 12, AMAS XV. Feb 2019
https://research.csiro.au/microbeam-lab/
Date measured 2019-02-21
Material Alkali feldspar (var. lunar) [ (Na, K)AlSi3O8 ]
Specimen Apollo 12032-366-19x [NASA], Bench Crater, Ocean of Storms, 3.01239°S 23.42157°W, The Moon
Specimen URL https://curator.jsc.nasa.gov/lunar/lsc/12032.pdf
Specimen temperature Ambient
Technique Cathodoluminescence (CL)
Instrument JEOL 8500F
Probe 15 keV electron beam
Beam current 39.68 nA
Probe diameter 1 μm
Acquisition time 43363.4 s
Channel count 1024
Wavelength range 199.467 … 970.586 nm
Intensity range 100 (normalised intensity)
Line Unspecified 2.632 eV (100%)

Composition

Nominal composition of Alkali feldspar (var.lunar) [ (Na,K)AlSi3O8 ].
Element Atoms At% Wt%
K 1 5.33772 9.78333
Na 0.361868 1.93155 2.08168
Ba 0.0425507 0.227124 1.46215
Ca 0.034582 0.18459 0.3468
Fe 0.0067197 0.035868 0.0939
Al 1.4844 7.9233 10.0218
Si 4.23764 22.6193 29.7807
O 11.567 61.741 46.307

Measurement spectrum

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