A simple LIBS (laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy) laboratory experiment to introduce undergraduates to calibration functions and atomic spectroscopy

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 678-680

  Chinni, Rosemarie C ^a  

^a ALVERNIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical chemistry; Atomic spectroscopy; Calibration; Hands on learning manipulatives; Laboratory instruction; Lasers; Materials science; Metals; Upper division undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861563346     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed2003862     Document Type: Article

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