Identification of vapor-phase chemical warfare agent simulants and rocket fuels using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 13, 2010, Pages

  Stearns, Jaime A ^a   McElman, Sarah E ^a   Dodd, James A ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; GAS MIXTURES; GASES; LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; ROCKETS;

APPLICATION OF LASER; BACKGROUND PRESSURE; CHAMBER PRESSURE; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT SIMULANT; EMISSION LINES; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES ANALYSIS; SECURITY THREATS; TEMPORAL BEHAVIOR;

CHEMICAL WARFARE;

EID: 77955979573     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.0000C8     Document Type: Article

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