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Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

Fundamentals and Applications

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  • Comprehensively presents fundamentals, principles and applications of LIBS
  • Explains the underlying physics and methodical approaches to optimize quantitative element analysis
  • Reviews a broad variety of applications fields for conducting and non-conducting materials; gaseous, liquid and solid materials, nanoparticles, including industrial applications
  • Indicates achieving world records in limit of detection and measuring frequency
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Introduction

    • Reinhard Noll
    Pages 1-6
  3. Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

    • Reinhard Noll
    Pages 7-15
  4. Process Parameters

    • Reinhard Noll
    Pages 17-46
  5. Instrumental Components

    • Reinhard Noll
    Pages 47-73
  6. Evaporation and Plasma Generation

    • Reinhard Noll
    Pages 75-82
  7. Multiple Pulses for LIBS

    • Reinhard Noll
    Pages 83-95
  8. Material Ablation

    • Reinhard Noll
    Pages 97-118
  9. Plasma Dynamics and Plasma Parameters

    • Reinhard Noll
    Pages 119-166
  10. Plasma Emission

    • Reinhard Noll
    Pages 167-183
  11. Modeling of Plasma Emission

    • Reinhard Noll
    Pages 185-205
  12. Quantitative Analysis

    • Reinhard Noll
    Pages 207-220
  13. Combination of LIBS and LIF

    • Reinhard Noll
    Pages 221-228
  14. Bulk Analysis of Metallic Alloys

    • Reinhard Noll
    Pages 229-273
  15. Bulk Analysis of Nonconducting Materials

    • Reinhard Noll
    Pages 275-386
  16. Spatially Resolved Analysis

    • Reinhard Noll
    Pages 387-399
  17. Depth Profiling

    • Reinhard Noll
    Pages 401-428
  18. LIBS Instruments

    • Reinhard Noll
    Pages 429-465
  19. Industrial Applications

    • Reinhard Noll
    Pages 467-489
  20. Back Matter

    Pages 535-543

About this book

This book is a comprehensive source of the fundamentals, process parameters, instrumental components and applications of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS). The effect of multiple pulses on material ablation, plasma dynamics and plasma emission is presented. A heuristic plasma modeling allows to simulate complex experimental plasma spectra. These methods and findings form the basis for a variety of applications to perform quantitative multi-element analysis with LIBS. These application potentials of LIBS have really boosted in the last years ranging from bulk analysis of metallic alloys and non-conducting materials, via spatially resolved analysis and depth profiling covering measuring objects in all physical states: gaseous, liquid and solid. Dedicated chapters present LIBS investigations for these tasks with special emphasis on the methodical and instrumental concepts as well as the optimization strategies for a quantitative analysis. Requirements, concepts, design and characteristic features of LIBS instruments are described covering laboratory systems, inspections systems for in-line process control, mobile systems and remote systems. State-of-the-art industrial applications of LIBS systems are presented demonstrating the benefits of inline process control for improved process guiding and quality assurance purposes.

Authors and Affiliations

  • (ILT), Fraunhofer-Institut für Lasertechnik, Aachen, Germany

    Reinhard Noll

About the author

Dr. Reinhard Noll is Head of competence field laser measurement technology at Fraunhofer.

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Softcover Book USD 249.99
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