A semi-quantitative standard-less analysis method for laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 200-209

  Yaroshchyk, Pavel ^a,c   Body, Doug ^b   Morrison, Richard J S ^c   Chadwick, Bruce L ^b  

^a Cooperative Research Centre for Clean Power From Lignite ^*  (Australia)

^b Laser Analysis Technologies   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calibration free laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (CF LIBS); Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS); Quantitative analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; NUCLEAR ENERGY; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CALIBRATION-FREE LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (CF-LIBS); LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS); PLASMA PARAMETERS; PLASMA TEMPERATURE;

LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 33645876197     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2006.01.004     Document Type: Article

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