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Chromium monocarbide

Core loss CrC · Wilfried Sigle · added 2008-01-30 · Beam energy and angles known · History

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The O K edge observed on the spectrum corresponds to surface oxidation Analyst: Christina Scheu. Temperature: Room.

Use in HyperSpy
import exspy

spectra = exspy.data.eelsdb(title="Chromium monocarbide", formula="CrC")
s = next(sp for sp in spectra if sp.original_metadata.json.id == 21686)
s.plot(plot_edges=True)

Specimen

Formula
CrC
Elements
Cr, C
Edges
C K, O K, Cr L2,3
Source and purity
Ultrahard CrC+a-C:H film (CVD) on Si substrate. Spectrum from small CrC particle.
Energy range
235 – 636.7 eV
Step
0.3 eV

Keywords

  • imported from old site

Treatment

Dark current corrected
Yes
Gain variation corrected
Yes

Acquisition

Microscope
VG HB501UX
Gun
Cold FEG
Beam energy
100 kV
Convergence semi-angle
10 mrad
Collection semi-angle
6.5 mrad
Resolution
0.8 eV
Monochromated
No
Detector
Parallel: Gatan ENFINA
Integration time
5 s
Readouts
2

Reference

G. Gassner, J. Patscheider, P. H. Mayrhofer, E. Hegedus, L. Tóth, I. Kovacs, B. Pécz, V. Srot, Ch. Scheu, C. Mitterer. “Structure of sputtered nanocomposite CrC[sub x]∕a-C:H thin films”. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B, 24(4), 1837 (2006). doi:10.1116/1.2216713 Article

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Please cite this spectrum

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

Wilfried Sigle. Chromium monocarbide (CrC). EELS Data Base, spectrum 21686, 2008. https://eelsdb.eu/spectra/chromium-monocarbide/

G. Gassner, J. Patscheider, P. H. Mayrhofer, E. Hegedus, L. Tóth, I. Kovacs, B. Pécz, V. Srot, Ch. Scheu, C. Mitterer. “Structure of sputtered nanocomposite CrC[sub x]∕a-C:H thin films”. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B, 24(4), 1837 (2006). doi:10.1116/1.2216713

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{Sigle2008eelsdb21686,
  author = {Wilfried Sigle},
  title = {Chromium monocarbide},
  howpublished = {EELS Data Base, spectrum 21686},
  year = {2008},
  url = {https://eelsdb.eu/spectra/chromium-monocarbide/}
}

@article{Sigle2008eelsdb21686ref,
  author = {G. Gassner, J. Patscheider, P. H. Mayrhofer, E. Hegedus, L. Tóth, I. Kovacs, B. Pécz, V. Srot, Ch. Scheu, C. Mitterer},
  title = {Structure of sputtered nanocomposite CrC[sub x]∕a-C:H thin films},
  journal = {J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B},
  volume = {24},
  number = {4},
  pages = {1837},
  year = {2006},
  doi = {10.1116/1.2216713}
}

@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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