Recent applications of laser-induced breakdown spectrometry: A review of material approaches

Applied Spectroscopy Reviews

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-97

  Lee, Won Bae ^a   Wu, Jianyong ^a   Lee, Yong Ill ^a   Sneddon, Joseph ^b  

^a Changwon National University   (South Korea)

^b MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental analysis; Laser ablation; Laser induced breakdown spectrometry; Laser induced plasma; Quantitative elemental analysis

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; FIBER OPTICS; GASES; LASER ABLATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; LIQUIDS; METALLURGY; NONMETALLIC MATERIALS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; SOLIDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROMETRY; NONMETALLIC SOLIDS; PORTABLE INSTRUMENTATION;

SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 1942424893     PISSN: 05704928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/ASR-120028868     Document Type: Article

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