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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART B-ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY
Volume 125, Issue -, Pages 152-158Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2016.10.003
Keywords
Nanoparticles; Laser ablation; Atomic spectroscopy; Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
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- Laboratory of Laser and New Materials at Cairo University
- Accomplished Center for Laser Applications at the University of Tennessee Space Institute
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Spectrally broadened, singly ionized nitrogen emission lines are monitored to determine electron number densities in laser-induced plasma from aluminum, nano- and bulk-zinc monoxide, as well as hydrogen-rich plastic and wood targets. The optical emission spectra for N II at the average wavelength of 500.33 nm are recorded in standard ambient temperature and pressure environments. For time delays of 25 to 450 ns from the onset of the 1064-nm Nd:YAG radiation induced optical breakdown, the electron number densities in the range of 5.1 +/- 1 x 10(19) to 0.22 +/- 0.04 x 10(19) cm(-3) are inferred from the continuum and the nitrogen spectral line analysis. In addition, the corresponding electron temperatures of 10.1 +/- 0.6 eV to 1 +/- 0.2 eV are determined from the calculated absolute spectral radiance values in the near infrared region. At the early stages of plasma emission, Balmer series hydrogen lines are embedded in free electron radiation yet the broadening of the N II lines yields reliable electron number density values. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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