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Eric,
    We have GGG, a Gd-Ga garnet like YAG that is really great.  But  
most these materials are not so easy to come by.
eric



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> An other alternative can be to use garnets. Here in our lab we had  
> the chance that a group was studying Rare earth garnets and have  
> synthetized a wide variety of RE garnets. For example for Gd we use  
> Gd3Fe5O12 or Gd3Al5O12 as standards.
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> Eric Essene a écrit :
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>> Owen,
>>    Gd2O3 is usually a powder and cannot be polished well. Look at  
>> it in reflected light or SEI and it should be clear if you have a  
>> powder.  If so, don't even try to use it for a standard (well, you  
>> could tune up on it).  The REE phosphates are nice crystals, free  
>> for the asking at the Smithsonian, and (given a little Pb) work  
>> very well when analyzing major levels of REE as in monazite and  
>> xenotime.  The REE glasses of Drake and Weill are nice as working  
>> standards but are not as robust under a high beam current or under  
>> conditions (15 kV, 10-20 nA) that produce relatively low count  
>> rates for REE.
>> eric
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>> On Sep 7, 2008, at 5:12 PM, Owen P. Mills wrote:
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>>> All,
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>>> I've got a problem with a Taylor standard block, specifically Gd2O3 on the
>>> block.  The surface of the remainder of the block is pretty good, but
>>> Gd2O3 is not.  It almost looks swollen and is very rough, even pitted.
>>> I'm not sure I ever noticed because we've never needed it.  I need it now
>>> (I mean right now) and have got to get in in better shape but I don't want
>>> to screw up the rest of the block.  Maybe it would be best to make a
>>> separate mount of only Gd2O3 material? Do you have any ideas?
>>>
>>> I'd really like to start a discussion of how to get multi-element standard
>>> blocks in good shape and keep them that way.  I am not a polishing expert
>>> and don't particularly want to be but I really don't want to trust this to
>>> someone else.  Perhaps I could send them out to be re-polished?  Who could
>>> do that?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
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>>> Owen Mills
>>> Michigan Tech University
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