LIBS Info: Element Analysis

Title Authors Material Detector Spectrometer Software
Quantification of elemental composition of Granite Gneiss collected from Neelum Valley using calibration free laser-induced breakdown and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy Javed Iqbal, Taj Muhammad Khan, Shahab Ud-Din Khan, Salah Ud-Din Khan, Kimberlee J. Kearfott, Altaf Ahmad Mir, Muhammad Rafique, Shahab Ahmed Abbasi Geological LIBS2000+ LIBS2000+ OOILIBS
Laser: Nd:YAG
532.0000nm
120.0000mJ
10.000Hz
Gate Delay: 3.000us
Gate Width: 2100.000us
Calibration Free analysis of a pressed powder geological sample is compared to ED-XRF results. The authors ensured that the conditions for CF-LIBS were fulfilled - namely existence of LTE, optically thin plasma and stoichiometric ablation
Element Detection Limit (ppm) Wavelength (nm) Other Wavelengths (nm) Calibration Method Calibration Range (ppm) Notes


Element RMSE (ppm) Wavelength (nm) Calibration Method Notes
Mg 0.8000 % -10.0000 CF-LIBS CF-LIBS analysis of Granite Gneiss
Ca 0.5800 % -10.0000 CF-LIBS CF-LIBS analysis of Granite Gneiss
Fe 8.0000 % -10.0000 CF-LIBS CF-LIBS analysis of Granite Gneiss
K 9.9000 % -10.0000 CF-LIBS CF-LIBS analysis of Granite Gneiss
Sr 2.4200 % -10.0000 CF-LIBS CF-LIBS analysis of Granite Gneiss
Al 12.0000 % -10.0000 CF-LIBS CF-LIBS analysis of Granite Gneiss
Si 0.4500 % -10.0000 CF-LIBS CF-LIBS analysis of Granite Gneiss