Quantification of Rare Earth Elements in the Parts Per Million Range: A Novel Approach in the Application of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
Abstract
This work extends a previous percentage level concentration study of the optical emission spectra for six rare earth elements, europium (Eu), gadolinium (Gd), lanthanum (La), praseodymium (Pr), neodymium (Nd), and samarium (Sm), along with the transition metal, yttrium (Y) using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS). The concentration of these six rare earth elements and yttrium has been attempted for the first time systematically down to parts per million (ppm) concentration levels ranging from 30 to 300 ppm. In this study, the authors have developed multivariate models for each element capable of predicting concentration with acceptable to excellent levels of accuracy. Additionally, partial least squares regression coefficients were used to identify key spectral features able to be used in this lower concentration regime. This study has demonstrated that it is conceivable to quantify the six rare earth elements along with yttrium at low concentrations in the parts per million levels.
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- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Emory Univ., Atlanta, GA (United States)
- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1876347
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Applied Spectroscopy
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 76; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-7028
- Publisher:
- Society for Applied Spectroscopy
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; rare earth elements; REEs; partial least squares laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy models; PLS–LIBS models; multivariate analysis; parts per million detection; ppm; lanthanides
Citation Formats
Martin, Madhavi Z., Martin, Rodger Carl, Andrews, Hunter B., Allman, Steve L., Brice, Deanne, Martin, Samir, and Andre, Nicolas O. Quantification of Rare Earth Elements in the Parts Per Million Range: A Novel Approach in the Application of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy. United States: N. p., 2022.
Web. doi:10.1177/00037028221092051.
Martin, Madhavi Z., Martin, Rodger Carl, Andrews, Hunter B., Allman, Steve L., Brice, Deanne, Martin, Samir, & Andre, Nicolas O. Quantification of Rare Earth Elements in the Parts Per Million Range: A Novel Approach in the Application of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy. United States. https://doi.org/10.1177/00037028221092051
Martin, Madhavi Z., Martin, Rodger Carl, Andrews, Hunter B., Allman, Steve L., Brice, Deanne, Martin, Samir, and Andre, Nicolas O. Thu .
"Quantification of Rare Earth Elements in the Parts Per Million Range: A Novel Approach in the Application of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy". United States. https://doi.org/10.1177/00037028221092051. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1876347.
@article{osti_1876347,
title = {Quantification of Rare Earth Elements in the Parts Per Million Range: A Novel Approach in the Application of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy},
author = {Martin, Madhavi Z. and Martin, Rodger Carl and Andrews, Hunter B. and Allman, Steve L. and Brice, Deanne and Martin, Samir and Andre, Nicolas O.},
abstractNote = {This work extends a previous percentage level concentration study of the optical emission spectra for six rare earth elements, europium (Eu), gadolinium (Gd), lanthanum (La), praseodymium (Pr), neodymium (Nd), and samarium (Sm), along with the transition metal, yttrium (Y) using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS). The concentration of these six rare earth elements and yttrium has been attempted for the first time systematically down to parts per million (ppm) concentration levels ranging from 30 to 300 ppm. In this study, the authors have developed multivariate models for each element capable of predicting concentration with acceptable to excellent levels of accuracy. Additionally, partial least squares regression coefficients were used to identify key spectral features able to be used in this lower concentration regime. This study has demonstrated that it is conceivable to quantify the six rare earth elements along with yttrium at low concentrations in the parts per million levels.},
doi = {10.1177/00037028221092051},
journal = {Applied Spectroscopy},
number = 8,
volume = 76,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu May 12 00:00:00 EDT 2022},
month = {Thu May 12 00:00:00 EDT 2022}
}
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