Monitoring uranium, hydrogen, and lithium and their isotopes using a compact laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) probe and high-resolution spectrometer

Applied Spectroscopy

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 250-261

  Cremers, David A ^a   Beddingfield, Alan ^b   Smithwick, Robert ^b   Chinni, Rosemarie C ^c   Randy Jones, C ^a   Beardsley, Burt ^d   Karch, Larry ^e  

^a APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b Y 12 NATIONAL SECURITY COMPLEX   (United States)

^c ALVERNIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Catalina Scientific Instruments LLC   (United States)

^e DTRA/NTD   (United States)

Author keywords

Deuterium; Echelle spectrometer; High resolution spectrometer; Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy; LIBS; Lithium isotopes; Uranium isotopes

Indexed keywords

ECHELLE SPECTROMETERS; HIGH-RESOLUTION SPECTROMETER; LIBS; LITHIUM ISOTOPES; URANIUM ISOTOPES;

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; DEUTERIUM; HYDROGEN; LITHIUM; NUCLEAR FUELS; PLUTONIUM; PROBES; RADIOLOGY; SPECTROMETRY; URANIUM; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 84859626090     PISSN: 00037028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1366/11-06314     Document Type: Article

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