LIBS Info: Element Analysis

Title Authors Material Detector Spectrometer Software
DETERMINATION OF CHLORINE IN CONCRETE BY LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY IN AIR N.B. Zorov, N.A. Labutina, S.M. Zaytsev, S.N. Raikov, A.M. Popov, T.A. Labutin Concrete or Cement ICCD Czerny-Turner (Unspecified)
Laser: Nd:YAG
532.0000nm
60.0000mJ
NoneHz
Gate Delay: Noneus
Gate Width: Noneus
The authors use a Nd:YAG and Nd:YALO (wavelength=540nm, pulse energy 60mJ) in a double pulse LIBS configuration to improve the detection limits for LIBS analysis. DP-LIBS was chosen due to possibility of field deploying this configuration (as compared to UV detection systems or He gas atmosphere, which are less possible outside of the laboratory).
Element Detection Limit (ppm) Wavelength (nm) Other Wavelengths (nm) Calibration Method Calibration Range (ppm) Notes
Cl 50.0000 (None) 837.6000 N/A None -10.0000--10.0000 The authors had some interference from third order diffraction of Mg II lines at 279.55nm and 280.27nm. Best results from 4us delay between laser pulses. The Mg peak at 279.08nm was used as a normalisation/reference to reduce pulse to pulse fluctuations.


Element RMSE (ppm) Wavelength (nm) Calibration Method Notes