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- Title
Calibration-free approaches for quantitative analysis of a brass sample.
- Authors
Gupta, Vikas; Rai, Abhishekh Kumar; Kumar, Tejmani; Tarai, Akash Kumar; Kumar Gundawar, Manoj; Rai, A. K.
- Abstract
Calibration-free laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (CF-LIBS) is successfully employed to determine the chemical composition of brass samples using the LIBS technique. The sample is irradiated with a Q-switched Nd: YAG laser with a pulse width of 5 ns to generate laser-induced plasma (LIP) on the sample surface. The time evolution spectra were recorded from the surface of the brass sample only with an accumulation of five laser shots to get one LIP spectrum. Time-resolved LIP spectra have been utilized to identify the most appropriate time window (where the plasma is optically thin and in local thermal equilibrium) suitable for CF-LIBS implementation. Stoichiometric ablation is also demonstrated for metallic brass samples with the aforementioned laser in the present study. To obtain definitive quantitative information from LIP, the characterization of the plasma, i.e., spectral line intensity, spectral line broadening, electron number density, and plasma temperature, has been analyzed in this paper. Based on two different CF-LIBS algorithms, the brass sample composition was determined and found to be in good agreement with the certified results. This paper also compares and contrasts both strategies, as well as discusses their place and importance. The results of the present manuscript illustrate the potential applicability of CF-LIBS for yielding precise and accurate compositions of brass.
- Subjects
Q-switched lasers; LASER-induced breakdown spectroscopy; SPECTRAL line broadening; BRASS; LASER plasmas; THERMAL equilibrium; YAG lasers; SPECTRAL lines
- Publication
Zeitschrift für Naturforschung Section A: A Journal of Physical Sciences, 2024, Vol 79, Issue 6, p557
- ISSN
0932-0784
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/zna-2023-0280