Analysis of sodium aerosol using transversely excited atmospheric CO2 laser-induced gas plasma spectroscopy

作者：Khumaeni Ali; Kurihara Kazuyoshi; Lie Zener Sukra; Kagawa Kiichiro; Lee Yong Inn^*

来源：Current Applied Physics, 2014, 14(3): 451-454.

DOI：10.1016/j.cap.2013.12.017

• Analysis of sodium aerosol
• Laser-induced gas plasma spectroscopy (LIGPS)
• Pulsed TEA CO2 laser
• Subtarget

Taking advantages of the special characteristics of a transversely excited atmospheric (TEA) CO2 laser, the analysis of sodium aerosol has been successfully conducted by using laser-induced gas plasma spectroscopy (LIGPS) method. In this study, the sodium aerosol was deposited on a nickel metal plate; the metal plate functions as a subtarget to initiate a gas plasma. When a pulsed TEA CO2 laser was focused on the metal surface, a large-volume and high-temperature gas plasma was induced. The fine particles of sodium then entered into the gas plasma region to be dissociated and excited. By using this technique, a semi quantitative analysis of sodium aerosol was made. The detection limit of sodium was approximately 200 ppb.

• 出版日期2014-3