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Aluminium oxide (alpha)

Core loss Al2O3 (α) · PD Dr. Peter A. van Aken · added 2007-11-28 · Beam energy and angles known · History

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calibration should not be accurate Analyst: Stefan Nufer.

Use in HyperSpy
import exspy

spectra = exspy.data.eelsdb(title="Aluminium oxide (alpha)", formula="Al2O3 (alpha)")
s = next(sp for sp in spectra if sp.original_metadata.json.id == 21577)
s.plot(plot_edges=True)

Specimen

Formula
Al2O3 (α)
Elements
Al, O
Edges
Al K
Source and purity
single crystal
Energy range
1548.6 – 1775.14 eV
Step
0.3 eV

Keywords

  • imported from old site

Treatment

Dark current corrected
No
Gain variation corrected
No
Thickness
0.3 t/λ

Acquisition

Microscope
VG HB501UX
Gun
cold FEG
Beam energy
100 kV
Convergence semi-angle
10 mrad
Collection semi-angle
12.5 mrad
Resolution
0.9 eV
Mode
STEM
Detector
Parallel:
Probe size
1 nm²
Beam current
1

Reference

Stefan Nufer, Thomas Gemming,Christian Elsaesser, Sibylle Koestlmeier, Manfred Ruehle, Ultramicroscopy, 86, 339, 2001

Other links

Please cite this spectrum

If you use this spectrum, cite the contributor's paper and the EELS Data Base.

PD Dr. Peter A. van Aken. Aluminium oxide (alpha) (Al2O3 (alpha)). EELS Data Base, spectrum 21577, 2007. https://eelsdb.eu/spectra/aluminium-oxide-alpha/

Stefan Nufer, Thomas Gemming,Christian Elsaesser, Sibylle Koestlmeier, Manfred Ruehle, Ultramicroscopy, 86, 339, 2001

Philip Ewels, Thierry Sikora, Virginie Serin, Chris P. Ewels and Luc Lajaunie. “A Complete Overhaul of the Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy and X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Database: eelsdb.eu.” Microscopy and Microanalysis 22, 717–724 (2016). doi:10.1017/S1431927616000179
BibTeX
@misc{Aken2007eelsdb21577,
  author = {PD Dr. Peter A. van Aken},
  title = {Aluminium oxide (alpha)},
  howpublished = {EELS Data Base, spectrum 21577},
  year = {2007},
  url = {https://eelsdb.eu/spectra/aluminium-oxide-alpha/}
}

@article{ewels2016eelsdb,
  author = {Ewels, Philip and Sikora, Thierry and Serin, Virginie and Ewels, Chris P. and Lajaunie, Luc},
  title = {A Complete Overhaul of the Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy and X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Database: eelsdb.eu},
  journal = {Microscopy and Microanalysis},
  volume = {22},
  pages = {717--724},
  year = {2016},
  doi = {10.1017/S1431927616000179}
}
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