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Detection of lead in soil with excimer laser fragmentation fluorescence spectroscopy (ELFFS)

Journal Article · · Applied Spectroscopy
OSTI ID:840576
Excimer laser fragmentation fluorescence spectroscopy (ELFFS) is used to monitor lead in soil sample and investigate laser-solid interactions. Pure lead nitrate salt and soil doped with lead nitrate are photolyzed with 193 nm light from an ArF excimer at fluences from 0.4 to 4 J/cm{sup 2}. Lead emission is observed at 357.2, 364.0, 368.3, 373.9 and 405.8 nm. Time-resolved data show the decay time of the lead emission at 405.8 nm grows with increasing fluence, and a plasma is formed above fluences of 2 J/cm{sup 2}, where a strong continuum emission interferes with the analyte signal. Fluences below this threshold allow us to achieve a detection limit of approximately 200 ppm in soil.
Research Organization:
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
US Department of Energy (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
840576
Report Number(s):
LBNL--55741
Journal Information:
Applied Spectroscopy, Journal Name: Applied Spectroscopy Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 59
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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