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Evaluation of femtosecond LIBS for spectrochemical microanalysis of aluminium alloys

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The analytical performance of femtosecond laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) for elemental microanalysis of aluminium alloys and for mapping precipitate distribution on the sample surface has been studied in detail. A Ti–sapphire laser system producing pulses of 130 fs at 800 nm was used to generate the laser-induced plasma. Multi-element microanalysis of commercially available aluminium alloys was performed in air at atmospheric pressure. Crater characteristics such as diameter and crater morphology were characterized by optical and scanning-electron microscopy. Scaling of plasma emission and limit of detection as a function of laser pulse energy was also investigated. Current experimental results are presented and are compared with previous nanosecond microLIBS measurements.

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Financial support for the research provided by MPB Technologies, Inc. and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada is gratefully acknowledged.

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    Igor V. Cravetchi, Mike T. Taschuk, Ying Y. Tsui & Robert Fedosejevs

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Cravetchi, I.V., Taschuk, M.T., Tsui, Y.Y. et al. Evaluation of femtosecond LIBS for spectrochemical microanalysis of aluminium alloys. Anal Bioanal Chem 385, 287–294 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-005-0287-z

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