Application of distance correction to ChemCam laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy measurements

Mezzacappa, A.; Melikechi, N.; Cousin, A.; Wiens, R. C.; Lasue, J.; Clegg, S. M.; Tokar, R.; Bender, S.; Lanza, N. L.; Maurice, S.; Berger, G.; Forni, O.; Gasnault, O.; Dyar, M. D.; Boucher, T.; Lewin, E.; Fabre, C.

doi:10.1016/j.sab.2016.03.009

Application of distance correction to ChemCam laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy measurements

Journal Article · Mon Apr 04 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Spectrochimica Acta. Part B, Atomic Spectroscopy

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2016.03.009· OSTI ID:1394988

Mezzacappa, A. ^[1]; Melikechi, N. ^[1]; Cousin, A. ^[2]; ^[2]; Lasue, J. ^[3]; ^[2]; Tokar, R. ^[4]; Bender, S. ^[4]; ^[2]; Maurice, S. ^[3]; Berger, G. ^[3]; Forni, O. ^[3]; Gasnault, O. ^[3]; Dyar, M. D. ^[5]; Boucher, T. ^[5]; Lewin, E. ^[6]; Fabre, C. ^[7]

Delaware State Univ., Dover, DE (United States). Optical Science Center for Applied Research
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Univ. of Paul Sabatier, Toulous (France). Inst. for Research in Astrophysics and Planetology (IRAP)
Planetary Science Inst., Flagstaff, AZ (United States)
Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA (United States). Dept. of Astronomy
Univ. of Grenoble (France). Inst. of Earth Sciences
French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Paris (France)

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) provides chemical information from atomic, ionic, and molecular emissions from which geochemical composition can be deciphered. Analysis of LIBS spectra in cases where targets are observed at different distances, as is the case for the ChemCam instrument on the Mars rover Curiosity, which performs analyses at distances between 2 and 7.4 m is not a simple task. Previously, we showed that spectral distance correction based on a proxy spectroscopic standard created from first-shot dust observations on Mars targets ameliorates the distance bias in multivariate-based elemental-composition predictions of laboratory data. In this work, we correct an expanded set of neutral and ionic spectral emissions for distance bias in the ChemCam data set. By using and testing different selection criteria to generate multiple proxy standards, we find a correction that minimizes the difference in spectral intensity measured at two different distances and increases spectral reproducibility. When the quantitative performance of distance correction is assessed, there is improvement for SiO₂, Al₂O₃, CaO, FeOT, Na₂O, K₂O, that is, for most of the major rock forming elements, and for the total major-element weight percent predicted. But, for MgO the method does not provide improvements while for TiO₂, it yields inconsistent results. Additionally, we observed that many emission lines do not behave consistently with distance, evidenced from laboratory analogue measurements and ChemCam data. This limits the effectiveness of the method.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1394988

Report Number(s):: LA-UR--17-26884

Journal Information:: Spectrochimica Acta. Part B, Atomic Spectroscopy, Journal Name: Spectrochimica Acta. Part B, Atomic Spectroscopy Journal Issue: C Vol. 120; ISSN 0584-8547

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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