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Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy: Time-integrated applications

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Spectral analysis of the plasma produced by laser-induced breakdown was demonstrated to be an effective real-time technique for the detection of atomic constituents in gases and gas-entrained particulates. The time-integrated technique, LIBS (laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy), was applied to the detection of sodium and potassium in a coal gasifier product stream, of airborne beryllium, and of phosphorus, sulfur, and chlorine in various organic molecules. In a companion paper (following) the time-resolved technique will be discussed.

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  1. University of California, Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, 87545, Los Alamos, New Mexico

    T. R. Loree & L. J. Radziemski

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Loree, T.R., Radziemski, L.J. Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy: Time-integrated applications. Plasma Chem Plasma Process 1, 271–279 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00568835

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