LIBS Info: Element Analysis

Title Authors Material Detector Spectrometer Software
The influence of multivariate analysis methods and target grain size on the accuracy of remote quantitative chemical analysis of rocks using laser induced breakdown spectroscopy [ANN] S.M. Clegg, Ryan B. Anderson, Richard V. Morris, Roger C. Wiens, James F. Bell III, Seth D. Humphries, Stanley A. Mertzman, Trevor G. Graff, Rhonda McInroy Geological Ocean Optics HR2000 Ocean Optics HR2000
Laser: Nd:YAG
1064.0000nm
17.0000mJ
10.000Hz
Gate Delay: Noneus
Gate Width: Noneus
The sample data was collected on an instrument designed to simulate the ChemCam on Mars - 7m standoff LIBS, 7 Torr CO2. The researchers used Chemometrics/Multivariate Analysis [PLS] and several types of Neural Network [ANN]
Element Detection Limit (ppm) Wavelength (nm) Other Wavelengths (nm) Calibration Method Calibration Range (ppm) Notes


Element RMSE (ppm) Wavelength (nm) Calibration Method Notes
K 0.8900 % -10.0000 CC ANN 7 Torr CO2 Atmosphere. Rock Slabs. Feature selection and averaging in pre-processing
K 1.0300 % -10.0000 MLP ANN 7 Torr CO2 Atmosphere. Rock Slabs. Feature Selection in pre-processing
Na 1.3500 % -10.0000 CC ANN 7 Torr CO2 Atmosphere. Rock Slabs. Feature selection in pre-processing
Na 1.3100 % -10.0000 MLP ANN 7 Torr CO2 Atmosphere. Rock Slabs. Spectra analysed without additional processing
Ca 2.1200 % -10.0000 CC ANN 7 Torr CO2 Atmosphere. Rock Slabs. Feature selection in pre-processing
Ca 2.5300 % -10.0000 MLP ANN 7 Torr CO2 Atmosphere. Rock Slabs. Feature selection in pre-processing
Mg 2.5100 % -10.0000 CC ANN 7 Torr CO2 Atmosphere. Rock Slabs. Feature selection and averaging in pre-processing
Mg 2.0400 % -10.0000 MLP ANN 7 Torr CO2 Atmosphere. Rock Slabs. Feature selection in pre-processing
Mn 0.5100 % -10.0000 CC ANN 7 Torr CO2 Atmosphere. Rock Slabs. Feature selection and averaging in pre-processing
Fe 4.9200 % -10.0000 CC ANN 7 Torr CO2 Atmosphere. Rock Slabs. Feature selection and averaging in pre-processing
Fe 5.3700 % -10.0000 MLP ANN 7 Torr CO2 Atmosphere. Rock Slabs. Feature selection and averaging in pre-processing
Mn 0.5000 % -10.0000 MLP ANN 7 Torr CO2 Atmosphere. Rock Slabs. Spectra averaging in pre-processing
Al 4.7400 % -10.0000 CC ANN 7 Torr CO2 Atmosphere. Rock Slabs. Feature Selection and Averaging in pre-processing
Al 3.7700 % -10.0000 MLP ANN 7 Torr CO2 Atmosphere. Rock Slabs. Spectra analysed without additional processing
Ti 0.9300 % -10.0000 CC ANN 7 Torr CO2 Atmosphere. Rock Slabs. Feature select in pre-processing
Ti 0.7900 % -10.0000 MLP ANN 7 Torr CO2 Atmosphere. Rock Slabs. Feature selection and averaging in pre-processing
Si 7.9500 % -10.0000 CC ANN 7 Torr CO2 Atmosphere. Rock Slabs. Pre-Processing using Feature Selection and Averaging
Si 6.1200 % -10.0000 MLP ANN 7 Torr CO2 Atmosphere. Rock Slabs. Spectra analysed without additional processing