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Silicon nitride

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Analyst: Lingyang Li. Temperature: Room.

Use in HyperSpy
import exspy

spectra = exspy.data.eelsdb(title="Silicon nitride", formula="Si3N4")
s = next(sp for sp in spectra if sp.original_metadata.json.id == 21676)
s.plot(plot_edges=True)

Specimen

Formula
Si3N4
Elements
Si, N
Source and purity
Powder
Energy range
-19 – 650.5 eV
Step
0.5 eV

Keywords

  • imported from old site

Treatment

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

Acquisition

Microscope
VG HB501UX
Gun
Cold FEG
Beam energy
100 kV
Convergence semi-angle
10 mrad
Collection semi-angle
6.5 mrad
Resolution
1 eV
Mode
STEM
Detector
Parallel: Gatan ENFINA
Probe size
0.5 nm²
Integration time
0.005 s
Readouts
10

Associated spectra

Other links

Please cite this spectrum

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

Vesna Srot. Silicon nitride (Si3N4). EELS Data Base, spectrum 21676, 2008. https://eelsdb.eu/spectra/silicon-nitride/

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{Srot2008eelsdb21676,
  author = {Vesna Srot},
  title = {Silicon nitride},
  howpublished = {EELS Data Base, spectrum 21676},
  year = {2008},
  url = {https://eelsdb.eu/spectra/silicon-nitride/}
}

@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}
}