Analysis of aluminum alloys by resonance-enhanced laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy: How the beam profile of the ablation laser and the energy of the dye laser affect analytical performance

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 315-322

  Yip, W L ^a   Cheung, N H ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aluminum alloy analysis; Electron density; LIBS; Plasma temperature; Plume dispersion; Resonance enhanced LIBS

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SURFACES; ANALYTE; ANALYTICAL PERFORMANCE; BEAM PROFILES; ELECTRON DENSITY; LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPIES; LIBS; LIMIT OF DETECTIONS; NON-RESONANT; NON-UNIFORM BEAMS; OVER-HEATING; PLASMA TEMPERATURE; PLUME DISPERSION; RESONANT ENHANCEMENTS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIOS; TIME-RESOLVED STUDIES;

ABLATION; ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ALUMINUM METALLURGY; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DYE LASERS; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); LASER DAMAGE; LASER PULSES; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; LASERS; LEAD; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PLASMAS; RESONANCE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 67349176428     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2009.03.020     Document Type: Article

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