Effect of target composition on the emission enhancement observed in Double-Pulse Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 312-323

  Cristoforetti, G ^a   Legnaioli, S ^a   Palleschi, V ^a   Salvetti, A ^a   Tognoni, E ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Double Pulse; Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy; Matrix composition; Metal

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; IONIZATION; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMICS; WAVELENGTH;

LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS); MATRIX COMPOSITION;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 44449101275     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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