Detection of Uranium Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

Applied Spectroscopy

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1238-1250

  Chinni, Rosemarie C ^a,b,c,d   Cremers, David A ^a,b,c,d   Radziemski, Leon J ^a,b,c,d   Bostian, Melissa ^a,b,c,d   Navarro Northrup, Claudia ^a,b,c,d  

^a ALVERNIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c LJR Consulting   (United States)

^d Toyota InfoTechnology Center USA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Double pulse experiments; Fissile materials; Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy; LIBS; Standoff detection; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; URANIUM;

DOUBLE PULSE; DOUBLE-PULSE EXPERIMENT; FISSILE MATERIALS; LASERINDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS); PULSE EXPERIMENTS; SPECTRA'S; STANDOFF DETECTION; URANIUM SPECTRA; WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTIONS;

LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84958958634     PISSN: 00037028     EISSN: 19433530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1366/000370209789806867     Document Type: Article

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