Micro-Crater Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy--an Analytical approach in metals samples
- UCV- Laboratorio de Espectroscopia Laser, Caracas (Venezuela)
- Lawrence Berkeley National laboratory, Berkeley, US (United States)
The laser ablation has been increasing its popularity like as technique of chemical analysis. This is due to its great potentiality in the analysis of solid samples. On the way to contributing to the development of the technique, we in this work studied the laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) in conditions of micro ablation for future studies of coverings and micro crates analysis. Craters between 2 and 7 micrometers of diameter were made using an Nd-YAG nanosecond laser in their fundamental emission of 1064 nm. In order to create these craters we use an objective lens of long distance work and 0.45 of numerical aperture. The atomic emission versus the energy of the laser and its effect on the size of craters was study. We found that below 3 micrometers although there was evidence of material removal by the formation of a crater, it was no detectable atomic emission for our instruments. In order to try to understand this, curves of size of crater versus plasma temperature using the Boltzmann distribution graphs taking the Copper emission lines in the visible region were made. In addition calibration curves for Copper and aluminum were made in two different matrices; one of it was a Cu/Zn alloy and the other a Zinc Matrix. The atomic lines Cu I (521.78 nm) and Al I (396.15 nm) was used. From the Calibration curve the analytical limit of detection and other analytical parameters were obtained.
- OSTI ID:
- 21137069
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 992, Issue 1; Conference: RIAO/OPTILAS 2007: RIAO: 6. Ibero-American conference on optics; OPTILAS: 9. Latin-American meeting on optics, lasers and applications, Campinas, Sao Paulo (Brazil), 21-26 Oct 2007; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2926812; (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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