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We have used a combination laser/electrospark method for fast determination of carbon content in soil. Excitation of the spectra is carried out both directly in a laser ablation plume and when a pulsed electric discharge is applied to it. We have plotted a calibration curve that is linear for the major concentration range of practical importance for the analyte element, all the way up to 8.6%. The carbon detection limit for the combination discharge approach is 0.07%. We have analyzed the ratio of the nitrogen and carbon contents, and also the hydrogen and carbon contents as a function of the carbon concentration in the studied soils samples.
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Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 75, No. 2, pp. 262–268, March–April, 2008.
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Bel’kov, M.V., Burakov, V.S., Kiris, V.V. et al. Determination of carbon in soil by laser spectral analysis. J Appl Spectrosc 75, 275–282 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10812-008-9044-3
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