scholarly journals Determination of Heating Value of Estonian Oil Shale by Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Aints ◽  
P. Paris ◽  
M. Laan ◽  
K. Piip ◽  
H. Riisalu ◽  
...  

The laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) combined with multivariate regression analysis of measured data were utilised for determination of the heating value and the chemical composition of pellets made from Estonian oil shale samples with different heating values. The study is the first where the oil shale heating value is determined on the basis of LIBS spectra. The method for selecting the optimal number of spectral lines for ordinary multivariate least squares regression model is presented. The correlation coefficient between the heating value predicted by the regression model, and that measured by calorimetric bomb, was R2=0.98. The standard deviation of prediction was 0.24 MJ/kg. Concentrations of oil shale components predicted by the regression model were compared with those measured by ordinary methods.

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  
pp. 1498-1498
Author(s):  
Zhihao Zhu ◽  
Jiaming Li ◽  
Yangmin Guo ◽  
Xiao Cheng ◽  
Yun Tang ◽  
...  

Correction for ‘Accuracy improvement of boron by molecular emission with a genetic algorithm and partial least squares regression model in laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy’ by Zhihao Zhu et al., J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2018, 33, 205–209, DOI: 10.1039/C7JA00356K.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 541
Author(s):  
Odhisea Gazeli ◽  
Dimitrios Stefas ◽  
Stelios Couris

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is used for the detection and determination of sulfur content in some organic soil samples. The most suitable sulfur spectral lines for such tasks were found to occur in the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) spectral region and they were used for the construction of calibration curves. For the analysis, both univariate and multivariate statistical models were employed. The results obtained by the different analysis techniques are evaluated and compared. The present study demonstrates both the applicability and efficiency of LIBS for fast sulfur detection in soil matrices when aided by multivariate analysis methods improving the accuracy and extending the potential use of LIBS in such applications.


2020 ◽  
pp. 000370282097304
Author(s):  
Amal A. Khedr ◽  
Mahmoud A. Sliem ◽  
Mohamed Abdel-Harith

In the present work, nanoparticle-enhanced laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy was used to analyze an aluminum alloy. Although LIBS has numerous advantages, it suffers from low sensitivity and low detection limits compared to other spectrochemical analytical methods. However, using gold nanoparticles helps to overcome such drawbacks and enhances the LIBS sensitivity in analyzing aluminum alloy in the current work. Aluminum was the major element in the analyzed samples (99.9%), while magnesium (Mg) was the minor element (0.1%). The spread of gold nanoparticles onto the Al alloy and using a laser with different pulse energies were exploited to enhance the Al alloy spectral lines. The results showed that Au NPs successfully improved the alloy spectral lines intensity by eight times, which could be useful for detecting many trace elements in higher matrix alloys. Under the assumption of local thermodynamic equilibrium, the Boltzmann plot was used to calculate the plasma temperature. Besides, the electron density was calculated using Mg and H lines at Mg(I) at 285.2 nm and Hα(I) at 656.2 nm, respectively. Three-dimensional contour mapping and color fill images contributed to understanding the behavior of the involved effects.


2016 ◽  
Vol 242 (10) ◽  
pp. 1685-1692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gonca Bilge ◽  
Banu Sezer ◽  
Kemal Efe Eseller ◽  
Halil Berberoğlu ◽  
Hamit Köksel ◽  
...  

Talanta ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 117 ◽  
pp. 55-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Rusak ◽  
Ann E. Zeleniak ◽  
Jillian L. Obuhosky ◽  
Scott M. Holdren ◽  
Craig A. Noldy

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (37) ◽  
pp. 6705-6710 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pengcheng Han ◽  
Daming Dong ◽  
Xiaofan Du ◽  
Leizi Jiao ◽  
Xiande Zhao

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy was used for the fast determination of calcium concentration in the internal tissues of a single seed. Compared with conventional methods, LIBS had obvious advantages, such as a little analysis spot, little ablation, high precision, and small influence on the seed vigor.


1992 ◽  
Vol 46 (9) ◽  
pp. 1382-1387 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Aguilera ◽  
C. Aragón ◽  
J. Campos

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy has been used to determine carbon content in steel. The plasma was formed by focusing a Nd:YAG laser on the sample surface. With the use of time-resolved spectroscopy and generation of the plasma in nitrogen atmosphere, a precision of 1.6% and a detection limit of 65 ppm have been obtained. These values are similar to those of other accurate conventional techniques. Matrix effects for the studied steels are reduced to a small slope difference between the calibration curves for stainless and nonstainless steels.


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