A numerical study of expected accuracy and precision in Calibration-Free Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy in the assumption of ideal analytical plasma

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1287-1302

  Tognoni, E ^a   Cristoforetti, G ^a   Legnaioli, S ^a   Palleschi, V ^a   Salvetti, A ^a   Mueller, M ^b   Panne, U ^b   Gornushkin, I ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

^c University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; LIBS; Precision; Quantitative analysis; Standard less analysis

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; PRECISION BALANCES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CALIBRATION FREE LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRAL PROCESSING; STANDARD LESS ANALYSIS;

SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 36749092876     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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