Amphibole EDS spectrum, 20 keV e- beam, Torpy et al. 2020
Loading...
Measurement details
| Description | EDS spectrum of Amphibole |
| 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 | Amphibole [ AX2Z5((Si, Al, Ti)8O22)(OH, F, Cl, O)2 ] |
| 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 | 3243.27 s |
| Live time | 2070.79 s |
| Dead time | 36.1512 % |
| Channel count | 4096 |
| Energy range | -477.548 … 19984.5 eV |
| Gain | 4.99684 eV/channel |
| Intensity range | 9.657×106 counts |
| Integral | 6.7351×108 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 | At% | Wt% |
|---|---|---|
| K | 0.334 | 0.57 |
| Na | 0.947 | 0.95 |
| Ca | 4.53 | 7.92 |
| Mg | 5 | 5.3 |
| Ti | 0.244 | 0.51 |
| V | 0.03104 | 0.069 |
| Mn | 0.0793 | 0.19 |
| Fe | 5.5 | 13.4 |
| Al | 6.47 | 7.62 |
| Si | 16 | 19.6 |
| O | 60.9 | 42.5 |
| Total | 100 | 98.63 |