LIBS Info: Element Analysis

Title Authors Material Detector Spectrometer Software
Elemental analysis of steel scrap metals and minerals by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy Maria Ofelia Vieitez, Jonas Hedberg, Olli Launila, Lars-Erik Berg Scrap Metal Andor ICCD Mechelle 7500
Laser: Nd:YAG
532.0000nm
10.0000mJ
10.000Hz
Gate Delay: 2.000us
Gate Width: 1.000us
Analysis of Cu, Cr and Ni in scrap metal samples is performed. Severe shot to shot variation was improved by taking 10 or 50 laser pulse averages. Analysis of (cut) surface of a rock (magma) sample also performed, but no comparison concentration data is available.
Element Detection Limit (ppm) Wavelength (nm) Other Wavelengths (nm) Calibration Method Calibration Range (ppm) Notes
Cu 200.0000 (Stated) 327.3900 N/A Univariate Calibration -10.0000--10.0000 LODs not as good as expected due to large shot to shot variation in the samples
Ni 5000.0000 (Stated) 341.5000 346.2nm, 351.5nm, 338.1nm, 351.0 Univariate Calibration -10.0000--10.0000 LODs not as good as expected due to large shot to shot variation in the samples
Cr 250.0000 (Stated) 427.5000 N/A Univariate Calibration -10.0000--10.0000 LODs not as good as expected due to large shot to shot variation in the samples


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