Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy on soils and rocks: Influence of the sample temperature, moisture and roughness

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1205-1215

  Rauschenbach, I ^a   Lazic, V ^b   Pavlov, S G ^c   Hubers H W ^a   Jessberger, E K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

LIBS; Mars; Soils; Supercooled water; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN; LASER DAMAGE; LASER PULSES; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; POLISHING; POWDERS; ROCKS; SOILS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SUPERCOOLING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE TREATMENT; SURFACES; WATER;

BULK MATERIALS; ELECTRON DENSITIES; ELEMENTAL ANALYSES; EMISSION MAXIMUMS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXOMARS; HYDROGEN EMISSIONS; ICE LAYERS; IN-SITU; LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPIES; LIBS; MARS; MARTIAN ROCKS; MARTIAN SURFACES; PLASMA ELECTRON DENSITIES; PORE WATERS; POWDER SAMPLES; PRESSURE REGIMES; ROCK SAMPLES; SAMPLE TEMPERATURES; SIGNAL BEHAVIORS; SUPERCOOLED WATER; SUPERCOOLED WATERS; TEMPERATURE RANGES; TRIPLE POINT OF WATERS; TRIPLE POINTS; WET AND DRIES;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 55249093610     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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