Detection of heavy metals in waste polymers by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy: A comparison of UV and IR lasers as ablation source

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7726, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Huber, N ^a   Viskup, R ^a   Linsmeyer, T ^b   Scherndl, H ^b   Heitz, J ^a   Pedarnig, J D ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b AVE Österreich GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

heavy metal; LIBS; polymer waste; sorting

Indexed keywords

1064 NM; ECHELLE SPECTROMETERS; ICCD CAMERAS; IR LASERS; LIBS; ND: YAG; PLASMA GENERATION; POLYMER MATERIALS; POLYMER WASTES; UV- AND; WASTE MATERIALS; WASTE POLYMERS;

ABLATION; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL DETECTION; LASER DAMAGE; METALS; NEODYMIUM LASERS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 77953769204     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.855048     Document Type: Conference Paper

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