Femtosecond laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry: Transport efficiencies of aerosols released under argon atmosphere and the importance of the focus position

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 271-276

  Garcia, C C ^a   Walle M ^b   Lindner, H ^a   Koch, J ^b   Niemax, K ^a   Gunther D ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR ANALYTISCHE WISSENSCHAFTEN ISAS E V   (Germany)

^b LABORATORY OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Argon; Femtosecond laser ablation; Particle; Transport efficiency

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ARGON; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LASER ABLATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

FEMTOSECOND LASER ABLATION; TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 44449167243     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2007.11.017     Document Type: Article

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