Elemental analysis of laser induced breakdown spectroscopy aided by an empirical spectral database

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 31, 2008, Pages

  Rock, Steven ^a   Marcano, Aristides ^a   Markushin, Yuri ^a   Sabanayagam, Chandran ^a   Melikechi, Noureddine ^a  

^a DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

DEGREE OF CERTAINTY; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; LASERINDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS); OPTICAL EMISSIONS; PURE ELEMENTS; SPECTRAL DATABASE; SPECTRAL LIBRARIES; SPECTRAL RANGE;

LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 60649088250     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.000G99     Document Type: Article

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