Accurate quantitative analysis of gold alloys using multi-pulse laser induced breakdown spectroscopy and a correlation-based calibration method

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 591-597

  Galbács, Gábor ^a   Jedlinszki, Nikoletta ^a   Cseh, Gábor ^a   Galbács, Zoltán ^a   Túri, László ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Double pulse; Gold assay; Laser induced plasma spectroscopy; LIBS; Linear correlation

Indexed keywords

LASER APPLICATIONS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

GENERALIZED LINEAR CORRELATION CALIBRATION METHOD; LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY; STANDARD CUPELLATION METHOD;

GOLD ALLOYS;

EID: 43049162630     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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