Sensitive elemental analysis of aqueous colloids by laser-induced plasma spectroscopy

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 3416-3418

  Pu, X Y ^a,b   Ma, W Y ^a,c   Cheung, N H ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; LASER ABLATION; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LASER PULSES; LEAD COMPOUNDS; LIGHT EMISSION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

PARTICULATE CONCENTRATIONS;

COLLOIDS;

EID: 0242663234     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1616647     Document Type: Article

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