Forensic elemental analysis of materials by Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5778, Issue PART II, 2005, Pages 657-666

  Almirall, José R ^a   Umpierrez, Sayuri ^a   Castro, Waleska ^a   Gornushkin, Igor ^b   Winefordner, James ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Elemental Analysis; Forensic; Glass; LIBS

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; GLASS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; LASER ABLATION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PAINT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS; FORENSIC; LIBS; PAINT CHIPS;

DECODING;

EID: 26444573212     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.605754     Document Type: Conference Paper

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