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Magnesium oxide

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great care has been put on the energy dispersion calibration of the detector. Analyst: dominique IMHOFF. Temperature: Room.

Use in HyperSpy
import exspy

spectra = exspy.data.eelsdb(title="Magnesium oxide", formula="MgO")
s = next(sp for sp in spectra if sp.original_metadata.json.id == 21743)
s.plot(plot_edges=True)

Specimen

Formula
MgO
Elements
Mg, O
Edges
Mg K
Source and purity
MgO substrate
Energy range
1258.8 – 1441.56 eV
Step
0.2 eV

Keywords

  • imported from old site

Treatment

Dark current corrected
Yes
Gain variation corrected
No

Acquisition

Microscope
STEM-VG
Gun
cold field emission
Beam energy
100 kV
Convergence semi-angle
7 mrad
Collection semi-angle
22 mrad
Resolution
0.6 eV
Monochromated
No
Detector
Parallel: 666 + CCD modified Orsay
Probe size
0.7 nm²
Integration time
1 s
Readouts
10

Reference

acquired in 2002

Other links

Please cite this spectrum

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

Dominique Imhoff. Magnesium oxide (MgO). EELS Data Base, spectrum 21743, 2008. https://eelsdb.eu/spectra/manganese-oxide-2/

acquired in 2002

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{Imhoff2008eelsdb21743,
  author = {Dominique Imhoff},
  title = {Magnesium oxide},
  howpublished = {EELS Data Base, spectrum 21743},
  year = {2008},
  url = {https://eelsdb.eu/spectra/manganese-oxide-2/}
}

@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}
}