Double pulse, calibration-free laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy: A new technique for in situ standard-less analysis of polluted soils

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 748-755

  Corsi, Michela ^a   Cristoforetti, Gabriele ^a   Hidalgo, Montserrat ^b   Legnaioli, Stefano ^a   Palleschi, Vincenzo ^a   Salvetti, Azenio ^a   Tognoni, Elisabetta ^a   Vallebona, Chiara ^a  

^a AREA DELLA RICERCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER PULSES; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS); POLLUTED SOILS; SOIL ANALYSIS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

LASER; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 33748055443     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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