Improvement of the sensitivity for the measurement of copper concentrations in soil by microwave-assisted laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

    Authors

    Y. Liu; B. Bousquet; M. Baudelet;M. Richardson

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Spectroc. Acta Pt. B-Atom. Spectr.

    Keywords

    LIBS; Microwave-assisted LIBS; Copper; Soil; Sensitivity; SPECIAL EMPHASIS; HUMAN HEALTH; LIBS; SPECTROMETRY; SAMPLES; METALS; Spectroscopy

    Abstract

    This study shows a 23-fold improvement of the sensitivity in the determination of copper in soil samples when using Microwave-Assisted Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (MA-LIBS) compared with our conventional LIBS. This comparison between MA-LIBS and LIBS was performed with identical ablation conditions and detection geometry. The signal enhancement obtained with MA-LIBS allowed for the detection of spectral lines related to concentration values as low as 30 mg kg(-1) for copper and 23.3 mg kg(-1) for silver. which were not detected by LIBS. Published by Elsevier B.V.

    Journal Title

    Spectrochimica Acta Part B-Atomic Spectroscopy

    Volume

    73

    Publication Date

    1-1-2012

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    89

    Last Page

    92

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000308281000015

    ISSN

    0584-8547

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