Garnet (var. Ca, Fe) EDS spectrum, 20 keV e- beam, Torpy et al. 2020
Measurement spectrum
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Measurement details
| Description | EDS spectrum of Garnet |
| 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:Garnet|Garnet (var. Ca, Fe)}} [ (Ca, FeII)3Al2(SiO4)3 ] |
| 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 | 28.053 s |
| Live time | 17.708 s |
| Dead time | 36.8766 % |
| Channel count | 4096 |
| Energy range | -477.548 … 19984.5 eV |
| Gain | 4.99684 eV/channel |
| Intensity range | 7.313×104 counts |
| Integral | 5.8824×106 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 | 1 | 5.76 | 9.71 |
| Mg | 0.211 | 1.21 | 1.24 |
| Ti | 0.005001 | 0.02879 | 0.058 |
| Mn | 0.14 | 0.804 | 1.86 |
| Fe | 1.25 | 7.19 | 16.9 |
| Al | 1.76 | 10.1 | 11.5 |
| Si | 2.59 | 14.9 | 17.6 |
| O | 10.4 | 60 | 40.4 |