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Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy in Mineral Exploration and Ore Processing

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Russell S. Harmon
Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
Minerals 2024, 14(7), 731; https://doi.org/10.3390/min14070731
Submission received: 16 May 2024 / Revised: 14 June 2024 / Accepted: 9 July 2024 / Published: 22 July 2024
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Understanding Geological Processes through Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Analysis)
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Abstract

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is a type of optical emission spectroscopy capable of rapid, simultaneous multi-element analysis. LIBS is effective for the analysis of atmospheric gases, geological fluids, and a broad spectrum of minerals, rocks, sediments, and soils both in and outside the traditional laboratory setting. With the recent introduction of commercial laboratory systems and handheld analyzers for use outside the laboratory for real-time in situ analysis in the field, LIBS is finding increasing application across the geosciences. This article first overviews the LIBS technique and then reviews its application in the domain of mineral exploration and ore processing, where LIBS offers some unique capabilities.
Keywords: laser-inducted breakdown spectroscopy; LIBS; mineral exploration; ore processing laser-inducted breakdown spectroscopy; LIBS; mineral exploration; ore processing

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Harmon, R.S. Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy in Mineral Exploration and Ore Processing. Minerals 2024, 14, 731. https://doi.org/10.3390/min14070731

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Harmon RS. Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy in Mineral Exploration and Ore Processing. Minerals. 2024; 14(7):731. https://doi.org/10.3390/min14070731

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Harmon, Russell S. 2024. "Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy in Mineral Exploration and Ore Processing" Minerals 14, no. 7: 731. https://doi.org/10.3390/min14070731

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Harmon, R. S. (2024). Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy in Mineral Exploration and Ore Processing. Minerals, 14(7), 731. https://doi.org/10.3390/min14070731

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