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Silicon nitride alpha

Low loss Si3N4 (α) · Sylvie Schamm · added 2005-04-20 · Beam energy and angles known · History

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Dispersion not 0.09 eV/ch but 0.1 eV/ch Analyst: S.Schamm. Temperature: Room.

Use in HyperSpy
import exspy

spectra = exspy.data.eelsdb(title="Silicon nitride alpha", formula="Si3N4 (alpha)")
s = next(sp for sp in spectra if sp.original_metadata.json.id == 21583)
s.plot(plot_edges=True)

Specimen

Formula
Si3N4 (α)
Elements
Si, N
Source and purity
CVD
Energy range
-12.7 – 89.17 eV
Step
0.1 eV

Keywords

  • imported from old site

Treatment

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

Acquisition

Microscope
CM30
Gun
LaB6
Beam energy
100 kV
Convergence semi-angle
8.4 mrad
Collection semi-angle
0.65 mrad
Resolution
1.1 eV
Mode
Diffraction
Detector
Parallel: 666 Gatan
Probe size
80 nm²
Beam current
1.6
Integration time
0.045 s
Readouts
50

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Please cite this spectrum

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

Sylvie Schamm. Silicon nitride alpha (Si3N4 (alpha)). EELS Data Base, spectrum 21583, 2005. https://eelsdb.eu/spectra/silicon-nitride-alpha-2/

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{Schamm2005eelsdb21583,
  author = {Sylvie Schamm},
  title = {Silicon nitride alpha},
  howpublished = {EELS Data Base, spectrum 21583},
  year = {2005},
  url = {https://eelsdb.eu/spectra/silicon-nitride-alpha-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}
}
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