Multiplicity and contiguity of ablation mechanisms in laser-assisted analytical micro-sampling

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 421-432

  Bleiner, Davide ^a   Bogaerts, Annemie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Laser ablation; Melt expulsion; Micro sampling; Shadowgraphy; Spinodal breakdown

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; CRACKS; MELTING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY; TRACE ANALYSIS;

MELT EXPULSION; SHADOWGRAPHY; SPINODAL BREAKDOWN;

LASER ABLATION;

EID: 33746885926     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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