Industrial applications of LIBS

Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS): Fundamentals and Applications

Volumn 9780521852746, Issue , 2006, Pages 400-439

  Noll, Reinhard ^a   Sturm, Volker ^a   Stepputat, Michael ^a   Whitehouse, Andrew ^b   Young, James ^b   Evans, Philip ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR LASER TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Applied Photonics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MANUFACTURE; METALLURGY; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; NUCLEAR FUELS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; RECYCLING; SCRAP METAL REPROCESSING;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; INTENSE LASER RADIATION; LABORATORY ENVIRONMENT; OPTICAL DETECTORS; PROCESSED MATERIALS; PROCESSING INDUSTRY; TECHNOLOGICAL BARRIERS;

LASER MATERIALS PROCESSING;

EID: 84908210663     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511541261.012     Document Type: Chapter

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