Thorium dioxide CL/SEM spectrum, e- beam, CSIRO 2011

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Measurement details

Description CL/SEM spectrum of Thorium dioxide
Reference Otherwise unpublished luminescence spectra measured by the CSIRO Mineral Resources Microbeam Laboratory, Clayton
https://research.csiro.au/microbeam-lab/
Material Thorium dioxide [ ThO2 ]
Specimen temperature Ambient
Analysis technique Cathodoluminescence (CL), using an Electron Probe Micro-Analyser (EPMA)
Instrument JEOL 8500F
Probe Electron beam
Channel count 1024
Wavelength range 199 … 1024.19 nm
Intensity range -3 … 2252 counts
Integral 606143 counts
Line Unspecified 2.525 eV (99.8%)

Specimen image

BSE image of Thorium dioxide [ThO2] in 'ThO2 Hyper1-38' standard (CSIRO). Instrument: JEOL JSM-IT800.

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Composition

Nominal composition of Thorium dioxide [ ThO2 ].
Element Atoms At% Wt%
Th 1 33.3 87.9
O 2 66.7 12.1
Total 3 100 100