Measurement of the Stark broadening of atomic emission lines in non-optically thin plasmas by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Spectroscopy Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 643-658

  El Sherbini, A M ^a   El Sherbini, Th ^b   Hegazy, H ^c   Cristoforetti, G ^d   Legnaioli, S ^d   Pardini, L ^d   Palleschi, V ^d   Salvetti, A ^d   Tognoni, E ^d  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Egypt)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aluminum alloys; Double pulse; LIBS; Self absorption; Stark broadening

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249287725     PISSN: 00387010     EISSN: 15322289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00387010701300958     Document Type: Article

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