Detection of trace elements in liquids by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy with a Meinhard nebulizer

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 30, 2003, Pages 6040-6046

  Kumar, Akshaya ^a   Yueh, Fang Y ^a   Miller, Tracy ^a   Singh, Jagdish P ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LASER PULSES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 0242271411     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.006040     Document Type: Article

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