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CF-LIPS: A new approach to LIPS spectra analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 1999

A. CIUCCI
Affiliation:
Instituto di Fisica Atomica e Molecolare del CNR, Via del Giardino, 7-56127 Pisa, Italy
V. PALLESCHI
Affiliation:
Instituto di Fisica Atomica e Molecolare del CNR, Via del Giardino, 7-56127 Pisa, Italy
S. RASTELLI
Affiliation:
Instituto di Fisica Atomica e Molecolare del CNR, Via del Giardino, 7-56127 Pisa, Italy
A. SALVETTI
Affiliation:
Instituto di Fisica Atomica e Molecolare del CNR, Via del Giardino, 7-56127 Pisa, Italy
D.P. SINGH
Affiliation:
Instituto di Fisica Atomica e Molecolare del CNR, Via del Giardino, 7-56127 Pisa, Italy
E. TOGNONI
Affiliation:
Instituto di Fisica Atomica e Molecolare del CNR, Via del Giardino, 7-56127 Pisa, Italy

Abstract

The usual technique of the laser induced plasma spectroscopy (LIPS) spectra analysis relies on the use of calibration curves for quantitative measurements of plasma composition. However, LIPS calibration curves strongly depend on the material composition (the so-called matrix effect); thus, this standard approach to the LIPS spectra analysis is inadequate when precise information on unknown samples composition is required. In this paper we present a new procedure, based on LIPS, for calibration-free quantitative elemental analysis of materials. The new procedure, based on an algorithm developed and patented by IFAM-CNR, allows the overcoming of the matrix effect, yielding precise and accurate quantitative results without the need of calibration curves.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
1999 Cambridge University Press

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