Plastic identification based on molecular and elemental information from laser induced breakdown spectra: A comparison of plasma conditions in view of efficient sorting

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 88, Issue , 2013, Pages 167-173

  Barbier, Sophie ^a   Perrier, Sébastien ^a   Freyermuth, Pierre ^b   Perrin, Didier ^c   Gallard, Benjamin ^c   Gilon, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b EFS Technologies   (France)

^c ECOLE DES MINES D ALÈS   (France)

Author keywords

Element determination; Laser induced plasma conditions; LIBS; Polymer sorting

Indexed keywords

BUTADIENE; ELASTOMERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HELIUM; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENES; STYRENE;

ELEMENT DETERMINATION; HELIUM ATMOSPHERE; HELIUM BUFFER GAS; LASER EMITTING; LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN; LASER INDUCED PLASMA; LIBS; PLASMA CONDITIONS;

PLASMA THEORY;

EID: 84893780210     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2013.06.007     Document Type: Article

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