Use of sol-gels as solid matrixes for laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1361-1369

  Brouard, Danny ^a   Gravel, Jean François Y ^a   Viger, Mathieu Lessard ^a   Boudreau, Denis ^a  

^a CENTRE D OPTIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calibration standards; Elemental trace analysis; Internal standards; Laser ablation; LIBS; Reference materials; Tunable matrix

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CALIBRATION; LASER ABLATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; VAPORIZATION;

CALIBRATION STANDARDS; ELEMENTAL TRACE ANALYSIS; INTERNAL STANDARDS; SHADOWGRAPH IMAGING; TUNABLE MATRIX;

SOL-GELS;

EID: 36749087072     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2007.10.047     Document Type: Article

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