Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for Characterization Analysis of Minerals
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 May 2021) | Viewed by 2710
Special Issue Editors
Interests: LIBS; chemometrics; data processing
Interests: laser chemistry and techniques; environmental sciences; data processing; dynamic imaging studies; quantification and identification by laser spectroscopy
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Special Issue Information
Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) has been established as a proven and mature technology into the use of laser spectroscopy in a vast variety of geochemical studies. Atomic emission lines observed in the LIBS spectra provide insight into the elemental composition of sample and have captured the attention of scientists studying all types of geological material. This technology has the unique advantage of being able to perform on-site multielemental analysis (including rare earth and light elements) , without size and composition constraints in all-optic table top instrumentation.
Mineral analysis presents difficulties of varied nature, representing a great challenge for their processing and spectral interpretation. Therefore, there has been much research carried out to develop new strategies to increase LIBS analytical performance and improve the characterization analysis of minerals. Some studies include advances in the experimental set up such as multiple pulse approaches, and others develop analytical methods to diagnose plasma features and to alleviate intrinsic laser-sample interaction issues, whereas there is an upcoming trend to combine LIBS with other spectroscopic techniques.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to provide important works that have been carried out in the field and that represent the latest trends in laser spectroscopy applied to mineral analysis.
Dr. Samuel Moncayo
Prof. Dr. Jorge Cáceres
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
- geological applications
- mineralogy
- marth sciences
- rare earth elements
- light elements
- data analysis
- hyperspectral imaging
