Laser-generated aerosols in laser ablation for inductively coupled plasma spectrometry

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 284-300

  Hergenröder, Roland ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR ANALYTISCHE WISSENSCHAFTEN ISAS E V   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fractionation; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Laser ablation; Particles

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LASER ABLATION; SPECTROMETRY; SPUTTERING;

EXFOLIATION; HYDRODYNAMIC SPUTTERING; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LASER PARAMETERS; LIQUID EXPULSION;

AEROSOLS;

EID: 33747893477     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2006.02.001     Document Type: Review

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