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Investigation of nutrient content in Zingiber officinale and Curcuma longa samples using calibration free-LIBS and ICP-OES techniques

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Nutrient analysis in Zingiber officinale (Ginger) and Curcuma longa (Turmeric) is performed using Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) and Inductively coupled plasma - optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) techniques. Calibration free - LIBS method is used in the qualitative and quantitative nutrient estimation process. Influence of incident laser wavelength and fluence is studied. It is identified that the laser wavelength of 1064 nm and a fluence of 2.5 J/cm\(^{2}\) is suitable to quantify the nutrient (Ca, K, Mg) in the samples.The obtained results are validated with ICP-OES method. Estimated concentration using CF-LIBS method has a deviation of about 4% to 7% with ICP-OES results.

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This work is supported by the equipments purchased from the grant-in aid of Science and Engineering Research Board-File no ECR/2015/000028 dated 10.08.2016.Author would also like to thank, SICART Sardar Patel center for Science and Technology Charutar Vidya Mandal, Gujarat, India for providing ICP-OES analysis results.

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    Kaliyaperumal Veerappan, Vajravelu Sathiesh Kumar & Maruthaiah Thangaraja

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Veerappan, K., Sathiesh Kumar, V. & Thangaraja, M. Investigation of nutrient content in Zingiber officinale and Curcuma longa samples using calibration free-LIBS and ICP-OES techniques. Sādhanā 48, 162 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12046-023-02202-3

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