On the usefulness of a duplicating mirror to evaluate self-absorption effects in laser induced breakdown spectroscopy

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 702-713

  Moon, Heh Young ^a   Herrera, Kathleen K ^a   Omenetto, Nicoló ^a   Smith, Benjamin W ^a   Winefordner, J D ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration curves; Duplicating mirror; Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy; Saha Boltzmann plot; Self absorption

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION CURVES; DUPLICATING MIRROR; LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY; SAHA-BOLTZMANN PLOT; SELF-ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION; ALUMINUM; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CALIBRATION; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; LASER DAMAGE; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LASER PULSES; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; LASERS; MIRRORS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 67849093964     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2009.06.011     Document Type: Article

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