Anhydrite (var. synthetic) CL spectrum, 10 keV e- beam, LN2 (77K), MacRae et al. 2020

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Measurement details

Description CL spectrum of Anhydrite
Reference MacRae et al. 2020
MacRae C., Liu W., Wilson N., Glenn M. & Torpy A. (2020). Zinc Sulphide Ore Formation – a Cathodoluminescence and X-ray Examination. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 26(S2), 756-758. DOI: 10.1017/S1431927620015743
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1431927620015743
Date measured 2021-09-23
Material Anhydrite (var. synthetic) [ CaSO4 ]
Specimen temperature LN2 (77K)
Analysis technique Cathodoluminescence (CL)
Instrument JEOL 8530F
Probe 10 keV electron beam
Beam current 40.1 nA
Probe diameter 0.3 μm
Detector name PIXIS: 100B
Det. technology CCD, Si, Peltier cooled
Acquisition time 7528.99 s
Channel count 1320
Wavelength range 363.132 … 640.185 nm
Intensity range 3.987×105 … 6.687×107 counts
Integral 3.2605×1010 counts

Specimen image

Image of a specimen of Zinc sulphide, Anhydrite and Pyrite


Composition

Nominal composition of Anhydrite (var.synthetic) [ CaSO4 ].
Element Atoms At% Wt%
Ca 1 16.7 29.4
O 4 66.7 47
S 1 16.7 23.6
Total 6 100 100

Measurement image

CL spectrum of synthetic Anhydrite

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