Local thermodynamic equilibrium and related metrological issues involving collisional-radiative model in laser-induced aluminum plasmas

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 931-937

  Travaille G ^a   Peyrusse, O ^a   Bousquet, B ^a   Canioni, L ^a   Pierres, K Michel Le ^b   Roy, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

CF LIBS; Collisional radiative model; Laser induced plasma; LIBS; LTE

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMS; CODES (SYMBOLS); LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; TEMPERATURE;

COLLISIONAL RADIATIVE MODEL; EXCITATION TEMPERATURE; LASER INDUCED PLASMA; LASERINDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS); LIBS; LOCAL THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM; OPTIMIZED EFFECTIVE POTENTIAL; RADIATIVE EQUILIBRIUM;

COLLISIONAL PLASMAS;

EID: 72049120129     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2009.07.028     Document Type: Article

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