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Double-pulse laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for analysis of molten glass

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A mobile double-pulse laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy system for industrial environments is presented. Its capabilities as a process analytical technique for the recovery of metals from molten inorganic wastes are investigated. Using low-melting glass doped with different amounts of additives as a model system for recycling slags, the optimum number of shots, laser inter-pulse and acquisition delay times are optimized for solid and liquid (1200 °C) glass. Limits of detection from 7 ppm (Mn) to 194 ppm (Zn) are achieved working at a distance of 75 cm from the sample. To simplify the quantification of molten samples in an industrial furnace, the possibility is examined of using solid standards for analysis of molten material.

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The authors wish to thank Oliver Ehlert and Rudolf Brenneis for providing the raw glass for the standards and LTB Lasertechnik Berlin GmbH for their support. Financial support from the DFG-NSF grant GO 1848/1-1 and NI 185/38-1 (USA, Germany) is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Richard-Willstätter-Straße 11, 12489, Berlin, Germany

    A.-M. Matiaske, I. B. Gornushkin & U. Panne

  2. Department of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Straße 2, 12489, Berlin, Germany

    U. Panne

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Awarded an ABC Poster Prize on the occasion of ANAKON 2011 held in Zürich, Switzerland from 22–26th March 2011.

Published in the ANAKON special issue with guest editors P. Dittrich, D. Günther, G. Hopfgartner, and R. Zenobi.

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Matiaske, AM., Gornushkin, I.B. & Panne, U. Double-pulse laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for analysis of molten glass. Anal Bioanal Chem 402, 2597–2606 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-011-5165-2

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