A novel approach to elemental analysis by Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy based on direct correlation between the electron impact excitation cross section and the optical emission intensity

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 66, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 661-670

  De Giacomo, Alessandro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elementary processes; Excitation cross section; Iron meteorite; Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy; Laser plasma

Indexed keywords

ELEMENTARY PROCESS; EXCITATION CROSS SECTION; IRON METEORITE; LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN; LASER PLASMA;

ELECTRIC EXCITATION; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN; IRON; IRON ANALYSIS; LASER EXCITATION; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LIGHT EMISSION; METEORITES; OPTICAL CORRELATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 82755160683     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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