Geographical analysis of "conflict minerals" utilizing laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 74-75, Issue , 2012, Pages 131-136

  Hark, Richard R ^a   Remus, Jeremiah J ^b   East, Lucille J ^c   Harmon, Russell S ^d   Wise, Michael A ^e   Tansi, Benjamin M ^a   Shughrue, Katrina M ^a   Dunsin, Kehinde S ^b   Liu, Chunyi ^c  

^a JUNIATA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Clarkson University   (United States)

^c Applied Spectra Inc   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Columbite tantalite; Conflict minerals; Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy; LIBS; PLSDA

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COLUMBITE-TANTALITE; GEOCHEMICAL FINGERPRINTS; GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS; GEOMATERIALS; LIBS; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES-DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; PILOT STUDIES; PLASMA EMISSION SPECTRUM; PLSDA; SCREENING TOOL; SPECTRAL FINGERPRINTING; STATISTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDE MINERALS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84864969136     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2012.06.052     Document Type: Article

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