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Determination of chlorine in concrete by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy in air

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The destruction of concrete is often associated with local chloride corrosion. The ability to determine by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) the level of chlorine in concrete below that resulting in destructive material changes was demonstrated. The intensity of the analytical line Cl I 837.60 nm increased significantly with the use of double-pulse LIBS. The effects of the interpulse delay and the plasma observation time after the second pulse were studied in order to combine the second harmonics of Q-switched Nd:YAG and Nd:YALO lasers (532 nm + 540 nm). The optimal temporal parameters of double-pulse LIBS determination of chlorine were 4.0 and 0.5 μs, respectively. Under these conditions, the detection limit of chlorine was 50 ppm.

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  1. M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1 (Bldg. 3) Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    T. A. Labutin, A. M. Popov, S. M. Zaytsev, N. A. Labutina & N. B. Zorov

  2. B. I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus

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Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 80, No. 3, pp. 325–329, May–June, 2013.

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Labutin, T.A., Popov, A.M., Raikov, S.N. et al. Determination of chlorine in concrete by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy in air. J Appl Spectrosc 80, 315–318 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10812-013-9766-8

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Keywords

  • laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
  • concrete
  • chlorine
  • cement