Characterization of laser ablation and ionization in helium and argon: A comparative study by time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 64, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 1204-1211

  Lin, Yiming ^a   Yu, Quan ^a   Huang, Rongfu ^a   Hang, Wei ^a,b   He, Jian ^b   Huang, Benli ^a  

^a Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Buffer gas; Laser ablation; Laser ionization; Mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

BUFFER GAS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DIFFERENT MASS; DOUBLY CHARGED IONS; ENERGETIC ION; GAS PRESSURES; ION MOVEMENTS; LASER FLUENCES; LASER IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRIES; MULTIPLY CHARGED IONS; OPTIMAL PRESSURE; PLASMA EXPANSION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; THERMODYNAMIC PROCESS; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ARGON; GASES; HELIUM; IONIZATION OF GASES; KINETIC ENERGY; LASER ABLATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASERS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION;

IONS;

EID: 71549162554     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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