Semiempirical model for analysis of inhomogeneous optically thick laser-induced plasmas

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 999-1008

  D'Angelo, Cristian A ^a,b   Díaz Pace, Diego M ^a,c   Bertuccelli, Graciela ^a,c  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Exactas   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Inhomogeneous plasma; LIBS; Metallic alloys; Optically thick plasma

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DENSITIES; EMISSION LINES; INHOMOGENEOUS PLASMA; INPUT PARAMETER; IONIZATION DEGREE; LASER INDUCED PLASMA; LASER POWER; LINE PROFILES; LOCAL THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM; MAJOR ELEMENTS; METALLIC ALLOYS; NONUNIFORM; PARABOLIC TEMPERATURE; PLASMA COLUMNS; PLASMA CORE; PLASMA LENGTH; PLASMA PARAMETER; SAHA EQUATION; SELF-REVERSAL; SEMI-EMPIRICAL; SEMIEMPIRICAL MODELS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THICK PLASMAS; TOTAL DENSITY;

ALLOYS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHROMIUM; LASERS; PLASMA DEVICES; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS;

EID: 72149127659     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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