Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy for elemental analysis in environmental, cultural heritage and space applications: A review of methods and results

Sensors

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 7434-7468

  Gaudiuso, Rosalba ^a   Dell'Aglio, Marcella ^b   de Pascale, Olga ^b   Senesi, Giorgio S ^b   de Giacomo, Alessandro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cultural heritage; Elemental analysis; Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS); Meteorites; Optical emission; Soils; Space exploration

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION-FREE METHODS; CULTURAL HERITAGE SAMPLES; CULTURAL HERITAGES; EXTRATERRESTRIAL PLANETS; LASERINDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS); OPTICAL EMISSIONS; QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPACE EXPLORATIONS;

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LIGHT EMISSION; METEORITES; SOILS; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACE RESEARCH;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

ARCHEOLOGY; ASTRONOMY; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SOIL; SPECTROSCOPY;

ARCHAEOLOGY; ASTRONOMY; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LASERS; METEOROIDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOIL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 77957222025     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s100807434     Document Type: Review

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