Radiative transition probabilities of neutral and singly ionized rare earth elements (La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu) estimated by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Irvine, Sawyer; Andrews, Hunter; Myhre, Kristian; Coble, Jamie

doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2023.108486

Radiative transition probabilities of neutral and singly ionized rare earth elements (La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu) estimated by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Journal Article · Mon Jan 09 00:00:00 EST 2023 · Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2023.108486· OSTI ID:1922313

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Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)

Rare earth elements (REEs) are essential to society given their prevalence in many modern technologies. Quantitative elemental analysis of REEs is therefore a critical capability. Calibration free–laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (CF-LIBS) is a rapidly maturing and promising approach to quantitative elemental analysis with many attractive qualities. The application of CF-LIBS to analyzing samples containing the REEs is hindered by a lack of fundamental data, specifically transition probabilities (TPs). As such, this study seeks to help address this knowledge deficiency by reporting 967 previously unreported TPs for 13 REEs (lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, and lutetium). The method developed in this study to estimate the TPs requires small amounts of material (a few nanograms) compared with other approaches (~ milligrams), uses non-specialized equipment, and does not involve complicated sample preparations.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Engineering & Technology. Office of Isotope R&D and Production

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1922313

Journal Information:: Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, Journal Name: Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer Vol. 297; ISSN 0022-4073

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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