Efficient plasma and bubble generation underwater by an optimized laser excitation and its application for liquid analyses by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1433-1442

  Lazic, Violeta ^a   Jovicevic, Sonja ^b   Fantoni, Roberta ^a   Colao, Francesco ^a  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Bubble; Laser; LIBS; Plasma; Water

Indexed keywords

LASER EXCITATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PLASMA WAVES; RELAXATION PROCESSES; WATER ANALYSIS;

LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY; LIMIT OF DETECTION (LOD); LIQUID ANALYSIS; PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES; PLASMA ELONGATION;

BUBBLE FORMATION;

EID: 36849075760     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2007.10.019     Document Type: Article

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