Characterization of laser induced breakdown plasmas used for measurements of arsenic, antimony and selenium hydrides

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 66, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 754-760

  Simeonsson, J B ^a   Williamson, L J ^a  

^a YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron density; Hydride generation; LIBS; Partial local thermodynamic equilibrium; Plasma excitation temperature

Indexed keywords

ANALYTES; COMPARISON MEASUREMENT; ELECTRON DENSITY RANGES; EMISSION INTENSITY; EMISSION MEASUREMENT; HYDRIDE GENERATION; HYDRIDE GENERATIONS; IONIZATION PROCESS; LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN PLASMA; LIBS; LIMITS OF DETECTION; LINEAR RESPONSE; PARTIAL LOCAL THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM; PLASMA CONDITIONS; PLASMA ELECTRON DENSITY; PLASMA ENVIRONMENTS; PLASMA EXCITATION; PLASMA EXCITATION TEMPERATURE; PLASMA PROPERTIES; PLASMA TEMPERATURE;

ARGON; ARSENIC; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONS; HYDRIDES; HYDROGEN; IONIZATION OF GASES; PLASMA THEORY; SELENIUM; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS;

EID: 82755189405     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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