Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy measurement in methane and biodiesel flames using an ungated detector

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 31, 2008, Pages

  Eseller, Kemal E ^a   Yueh, Fang Y ^a   Singh, Jagdish P ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY;

AXIAL LOCATIONS; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; ETHANOL CONCENTRATIONS; GATED DETECTION; INTENSITY RATIO; LASERINDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS); LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; SENSOR PERFORMANCE;

BIODIESEL;

ALCOHOL; HYDROGEN; METHANE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

AIR; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY;

AIR; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ETHANOL; HYDROGEN; LASERS; METHANE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 60649091286     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.00G144     Document Type: Article

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