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Combustion Applications of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

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Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

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The Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) has been applied to combustion product and flame diagnostics. In this chapter, combustion applications of LIBS in past 30 years were reviewed. The various issues including experimental parameters and data processing methods that are important to combustion applications were discussed. Possible other applications that are important to combustion have also been addressed.

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  1. Institute for Clean Energy Technology, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, 30759, USA

    Fang Y. Yueh & Jagdish P. Singh

  2. Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

    Markandey M. Tripathi

  3. Department of Physics, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA

    Fang Y. Yueh & Jagdish P. Singh

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Yueh, F.Y., Tripathi, M.M., Singh, J.P. (2014). Combustion Applications of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy. In: Musazzi, S., Perini, U. (eds) Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 182. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45085-3_18

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