Double pulse laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy of explosives: Initial study towards improved discrimination

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1399-1404

  De Lucia Jr , Frank C ^a   Gottfried, Jennifer L ^a   Munson, Chase A ^a   Miziolek, Andrzej W ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Double pulse; Explosives; Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS); Principal Components Analysis; ROC curves

Indexed keywords

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

DOUBLE PULSE; LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS); NITROGEN INTERFERENCE; ROC CURVES;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 36749062507     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2007.10.036     Document Type: Article

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