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Boron carbide

Core loss B4C · Virginie Serin · added 2005-04-20 · Beam energy and angles known · History

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Residual detector background removed. Analyst: Otmane Abidate. Temperature: Room.

Use in HyperSpy
import exspy

spectra = exspy.data.eelsdb(title="Boron carbide", formula="B4C")
s = next(sp for sp in spectra if sp.original_metadata.json.id == 21566)
s.plot(plot_edges=True)

Specimen

Formula
B4C
Elements
B, C
Edges
C K
Source and purity
Commercial powder Aldrich
Energy range
267.7 – 369.61 eV
Step
0.1 eV

Keywords

  • imported from old site

Treatment

Dark current corrected
Yes
Gain variation corrected
Yes
Thickness
0.6 t/λ

Acquisition

Microscope
CM30
Gun
LaB6
Beam energy
100 kV
Convergence semi-angle
3.67 mrad
Collection semi-angle
5 mrad
Resolution
1.2 eV
Monochromated
No
Detector
Parallel: 666 Gatan
Probe size
60 nm²
Integration time
1 s
Readouts
10

Reference

Virginie Serin, Rik Brydson, Andrew Scott, Yolande Kihn, Otmane Abidate, Bertrand Maquin, Alain Derré. “Evidence for the solubility of boron in graphite by electron energy loss spectroscopy”. Carbon, 38(4), 547-554 (2000). doi:10.1016/S0008-6223(99)00128-1 Article

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Please cite this spectrum

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

Virginie Serin. Boron carbide (B4C). EELS Data Base, spectrum 21566, 2005. https://eelsdb.eu/spectra/boron-carbide-3/

Virginie Serin, Rik Brydson, Andrew Scott, Yolande Kihn, Otmane Abidate, Bertrand Maquin, Alain Derré. “Evidence for the solubility of boron in graphite by electron energy loss spectroscopy”. Carbon, 38(4), 547-554 (2000). doi:10.1016/S0008-6223(99)00128-1

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{Serin2005eelsdb21566,
  author = {Virginie Serin},
  title = {Boron carbide},
  howpublished = {EELS Data Base, spectrum 21566},
  year = {2005},
  url = {https://eelsdb.eu/spectra/boron-carbide-3/}
}

@article{Serin2005eelsdb21566ref,
  author = {Virginie Serin, Rik Brydson, Andrew Scott, Yolande Kihn, Otmane Abidate, Bertrand Maquin, Alain Derré},
  title = {Evidence for the solubility of boron in graphite by electron energy loss spectroscopy},
  journal = {Carbon},
  volume = {38},
  number = {4},
  pages = {547--554},
  year = {2000},
  doi = {10.1016/S0008-6223(99)00128-1}
}

@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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