3DED data of lanthanum hexaboride

3DED data of commerically obtained lanthanum hexaboride were collected using continuous rotation in selected area mode. The table below summarizes data collection parameters.

General information

Project

Project label

Sample label
LaB6

Collection site
University of Southampton, NCS

Instrumental

Instrument
Rigaku XtaLAB Synergy-ED, electron diffractometer

Radiation source
LaB6

Accelerating voltage [kV]
200

Wavelength [Å]
0.02510

Probe type
Parallel beam

Beam diameter

Beam convergence
Parallel beam

Detector
Rigaku HyPix-ED, hybrid pixel array detector

Number of pixels in the image
775 x 385

Pixel size [µm]
100

Hardware binning
1

Sample description

Name
lanthanum hexaboride

Chemical composition
La B6

Sample source
commercial (Sigma Aldrich 241857)

Grid
Agar Scientific holey carbon coated copper grid 200 mesh

Sample preparation
solid sample gently ground and dispersed between microscopy glass slides, grid tapped on solid

Sample holder
JEOL standard TEM holder with high tilt retainer

Experimental

Data type
Electron diffraction data - 3DED

Data collection method
continuous rotation  - cRED

Collection temperature [K]
rt

Software

Software used for the data collection
CrysAlisPro 1.171.43.111a

Software used for processing
CrysAlisPro 1.171.43.119a

Files and data formats

Image folders
./frames/xxx.rodhypix./frames/PETS_exp_701/frames/xxx.tiff

Image format
.rodhypix (Rigaku proprietary image format).tiff (16bit, converted with CrysAlisPro 1.171.43.119a)

Additional files

CrysAlisPro input files:./expinfo/./CrysalisExpSettings.ini./exp_701.par./exp_701.run./new.ccd

PETS2 (http://pets.fzu.cz/) input file:./frames/PETS_exp_701/exp_701.pts2

Crystal Image:./exp_701_microed_grain_snapshot.jpg