Detection of trace concentrations of helium and argon in gas mixtures by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1111-1118

  McNaghten, E D ^a   Parkes, A M ^a   Griffiths, B C ^a   Whitehouse, A I ^b   Palanco, S ^b  

^a AWE   (United Kingdom)

^b Applied Photonics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy; Noble gases; Trace gas detection

Indexed keywords

ANALYTE CONCENTRATION; COLLISIONAL DEACTIVATION; EXCITED SPECIES; HELIUM TRANSITION; LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY; LASER IRRADIANCE; LIMITS OF DETECTION; LINEAR DYNAMIC RANGES; NOBLE GAS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PARTS-PER-MILLION; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; TRACE CONCENTRATIONS; TRACE GAS DETECTION;

ARGON; BINARY MIXTURES; GAS DETECTORS; GAS MIXTURES; HELIUM; LASER DAMAGE; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; LASERS; QUENCHING;

INERT GASES;

EID: 72049097145     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2009.07.011     Document Type: Article

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