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Iron Oxide Hematite

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We use the hematite as a Fe3+ reference, maximum of the L3 line set at 710.5 eV to match with some XAS previously reported work. see Kuiper et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 70, 1549 - 1552 (1993) Energy resolution improved by Richardson-Lucy deconvolution Analyst: A. Gloter, A. Chen. Temperature: Room.

Use in HyperSpy
import exspy

spectra = exspy.data.eelsdb(title="Iron Oxide Hematite", formula="Fe2O3 (alpha)")
s = next(sp for sp in spectra if sp.original_metadata.json.id == 21705)
s.plot(plot_edges=True)

Specimen

Formula
Fe2O3 (α)
Elements
Fe, O
Edges
Fe L2,3
Source and purity
natural sample, Ouro Preto
Energy range
683.9 – 730.15 eV
Step
0.05 eV

Keywords

  • imported from old site

Treatment

Dark current corrected
No
Gain variation corrected
No

Acquisition

Microscope
STEM-VG
Gun
Cold FEG
Beam energy
100 kV
Convergence semi-angle
7.5 mrad
Collection semi-angle
24 mrad
Monochromated
No
Detector
Parallel: 666 Gatan

Other links

Please cite this spectrum

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

Alex Gloter. Iron Oxide Hematite (Fe2O3 (alpha)). EELS Data Base, spectrum 21705, 2008. https://eelsdb.eu/spectra/iron-oxide-hematite/

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{Gloter2008eelsdb21705,
  author = {Alex Gloter},
  title = {Iron Oxide Hematite},
  howpublished = {EELS Data Base, spectrum 21705},
  year = {2008},
  url = {https://eelsdb.eu/spectra/iron-oxide-hematite/}
}

@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}
}