TY - JOUR
T1 - Laser induced plasma spectroscopy for the characterization of aerosols and particulates
AU - Smith, Benjamin W.
AU - Hahn, David W.
AU - Gibb, Emily
AU - Gornushkin, Igor
AU - Winefordner, James D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2001, Hosokawa Powder Technology Foundation. All rights reserved.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Laser induced plasma spectroscopy is beginning to find useful applications in the real time in situ detection of particulates and aerosols suspended in gases. Although the technique is almost 40 years old, it has become increasingly practical for this application during the last decade due to the development of more reliable lasers and optical detection systems, an improved understanding of the physical processes involved, and new data collection and analysis strategies. There is a pressing need for such detection techniques for industrial process and atmospheric monitoring. In this review, we examine literature concerned with the process of optical breakdown by focused lasers in gases, the role of particles in this process, and the characterization of particles using laser induced plasmas.
AB - Laser induced plasma spectroscopy is beginning to find useful applications in the real time in situ detection of particulates and aerosols suspended in gases. Although the technique is almost 40 years old, it has become increasingly practical for this application during the last decade due to the development of more reliable lasers and optical detection systems, an improved understanding of the physical processes involved, and new data collection and analysis strategies. There is a pressing need for such detection techniques for industrial process and atmospheric monitoring. In this review, we examine literature concerned with the process of optical breakdown by focused lasers in gases, the role of particles in this process, and the characterization of particles using laser induced plasmas.
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U2 - 10.14356/kona.2001008
DO - 10.14356/kona.2001008
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:6444219595
SN - 0288-4534
VL - 19
SP - 25
EP - 33
JO - KONA Powder and Particle Journal
JF - KONA Powder and Particle Journal
IS - May
ER -