Quantitative analysis of cement powder by laser induced breakdown spectroscopy

Determination of elemental composition of cement powder plays an important role in the cement and construction industries. In the present paper, Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is used for measuring the concentration of cement ingredient. Cement powder samples are pressed into pellets. Laser pulses are focused on the surface of pellets. A microplasma is formed in the front of samples. The plasma emission contains information about the elemental composition of the samples. By assumption of local thermodynamic equilibrium (LTE) and using several standard cement samples, a calibration curve is prepared for each element. The major and minor elements of cement such as Ca, Si, K, Mg, Al, Na, Ti, Mn and Sr are qualitatively and quantitatively determined. For verification of LTE conditions, plasma parameters such as plasma electron temperature and electron density are computed. According to the obtained results, the LIBS technique could be a suitable method for determination of elemental composition in the cement production industries.     

激光诱导击穿光谱法定量分析水泥中的铜元素

为定量分析水泥中的铜(Cu)元素,根据激光诱导击穿光谱分析方法(Ll BS)的特点,建立了激光诱导击穿光谱分析系统。采用标准加入法为定标方法,制备了5个不同含铜量的水泥样品。根据LIBS谱图,以213.598 nm和219.958 nm作为分析线。应用Savitzky-Golary卷积平滑方法对光谱数据进行了预处理,比较了Guass、Lorentz和Voigt拟合方法对光谱曲线的拟合效果。对测量结果采用一元线性拟合建立了相应的定标曲线,213.598 nm和219.958 nm定标曲线的校正决定系数分别为0.994 8和0.986 4,平均相对误差分别为3.20%和5.78%。实验结果表明:213.598 nm作为分析线的准确度优于219.958 nm分析线,该方法能够满足水泥中Cu元素定量分析的要求。     

基于BP神经网络和激光诱导击穿光谱的燃煤热值快速测量方法研究

作为煤质评价的重要指标之一,热值的快速、准确测量对电厂燃煤锅炉的优化燃烧和经济运行至关重要。采用激光诱导击穿光谱(LIBS)技术结合BP神经网络定量分析模型和聚类分析,以35个煤粉样品作为研究对象进行热值的定量分析。基体效应对LIBS光谱数据的显著影响,针对基于某类煤粉样品所建立的定标曲线不能直接用于不同煤种的定量分析,采用K-means聚类方法根据热值、灰分、挥发分把样品分为三类对训练集和预测集样品进行优化选择。通过谱线强度和热值变量相关性分析,同时考虑特征谱线的物理意义,最终提取12条元素谱线的峰值强度作为输入参数,建立BP神经网络模型对燃煤热值进行预测。定标结果表明,建立的神经网络模型具有良好的定量分析能力,定标曲线拟合度R2为0.996,热值预测值的相对误差低于3.42%,多次重复测量的相对标准偏差在4.23%以内。对聚类分析中3类样品具有不同的预测能力,采用峰值强度作为输入参数时,能够在一定程度上减弱试验参数波动和基体效应造成的影响。定量分析结果的重复性和准确性可以通过对不同类别的煤种分别建立BP神经网络模型来进一步改善。LIBS技术结合BP神经网络可以对煤粉热值进行定量分析,在现场在线/快速检测领域具有很好的应用价值和潜力。     

Study on quantitative analysis of slag based on spectral normalization of laser-induced plasma image

To reduce the influence of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy （LIBS） experimental parameter fluctuations to quantitative analysis of slag components, a normalization method using integral intensity of plasma image was proposed and a series of experiments with slag samples were performed. Mg II 279.55 nm, Ca II 396.85 and Ca I 422.67 nm were selected as analytical lines, and analytical curves of reference mass fractions versus spectral line intensities were established. With the incre- ment of set threshold for edge extraction of plasma image, the determination coefficients and relative standard deviations of analytical curves were improved gradually and reached the optimmn values when the threshold was equal to 10 000. Comparing with the results without normalization and normalized by whole spectrum area, the relativity between spectral line intensity and mass fraction can be enhanced etfieiently after normalized by integral intensity of plasma image. The verification experiments with Ti alloy samples further confirmed the conclusions mentioned above.     

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy in archeological science: a review of its application and future perspectives

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) in the last decades has become a promising analytical technique for a broad variety of archeological objects with great results obtained either alone or in combination with complementary techniques. It is mainly advantageous due to no sample preparation, minimally destructive, rapid analysis and depth profiling analysis spur LIBS technique to become a significant attractive technique for the characterization and conservation of archeological samples or artworks. The present paper describes in brief the basic principles and instrumentation of LIBS, and reviews several case studies on metallic alloys, ceramic, glass, painted artworks, historical buildings and biomaterials in the most recent 7 years (2011–2017) that demonstrate the applicability and prospects of LIBS in the field of archeological science.     

基于共振与非共振双线的自吸收免疫LIBS技术研究

激光诱导击穿光谱(LIBS)定量分析中的自吸收效应不仅会降低谱线强度和增加线宽,而且使定标结果饱和,从而影响最终的分析精度。为了消除该效应的影响,提出了一种基于共振双线与非共振双线选择的自吸收免疫激光诱导击穿光谱(SAF-LIBS)技术,通过比较所测谱线强度比值和理论强度比值来确定等离子体的光学薄时刻,并使用共振线与非共振线来拓展元素含量的可测量范围。该技术可以分为定标和定量两个分析过程,其定标过程为:计算待测元素的共振双线及非共振双线的理论强度比,通过对比不同待测元素含量样品的共振双线及非共振双线在不同延时下的强度比和理论比,确定等离子体的光学薄时刻;使用一系列标准样品建立LIBS非共振线的单变量定标曲线;利用准光学薄谱线建立共振线和非共振线的SAF-LIBS单变量分段定标曲线。其定量分析过程为:先用非共振线和LIBS定标曲线确定未知样品所属的含量分段,再用准光学薄谱线以及与所属分段的共振或非共振SAF-LIBS定标曲线完成定量分析。对Cu元素的单变量定标结果表明,对于共振线,最佳延时随着样品含Cu量的增加而增加,且只有当含Cu量低于0.05%时,才可能获得准光学薄的共振线,而随着Cu含量的增加,自吸收变得非常严重,以至于无法获得光学薄的共振线;对于非共振线,当含Cu量在0.01%~30%范围内,均可获得准光学薄的非共振谱线,而当Cu含量大于50.7%时,将无法在等离子体寿命期内捕获到光学薄谱线。对Cu元素的定量分析结果表明,基于共振双线与非共振双线的自吸收免疫LIBS技术可以有效地避免自吸收效应的影响,各分段定标曲线的线性度均大于0.99,对两个未知样品中Cu元素含量的绝对测量误差分别为0.01%和0.1%,探测限达到了1.35×10-4%,最大可测量范围拓展至50.7%。     

Recent progress on the application of LIBS for metallurgical online analysis in China

Recent progress on the application of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) for metallurgical analysis particularly achieved by Chinese research community is briefly reviewed in this article. The content is mainly focused on the progress in experimental research and calibration methods toward LIBS applications for metallurgical online analysis over the past few years. Different experiment setups such as single-pulse and double-pulses LIBS schematics are introduced. Various calibration methods for different metallic samples are presented. Quantitative results reported in the literature and obtained in the analysis of various samples with different calibration methods are summarized. At the last section of this article, the difficulties of LIBS application for molten metal analysis in a furnace are discussed.     

Analysis of Minerals and Rocks by Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) technique was applied for rapid analysis of major and minor elements composing geological samples including minerals, rocks, and a soil sample. The plasma was produced in air at atmospheric pressure by focusing on the targets a pulsed infrared Nd:YAG laser in open-path configuration. The emitted light in the UV-Vis was analyzed by a compact LIBS system to measure spectral emission lines of Si, Al, Fe, Ca, Na, K, Mg, C, Cu, Mn, and Ti. The experimental issues relevant for the analysis of the different samples were investigated by taking into account their peculiar features: drilling through a weathered layer, roughness and grain-size considerations, statistical averaging, and accuracy of the measurements. In this approach, the characterization of the samples was achieved by studying the relative variations of the emission intensities of each element normalized with respect to an internal standard. The present study shows the usefulness of LIBS as a tool for reliable identification of field samples.     

Calibration-free laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for quantitative elemental analysis of materials

The application of calibration-free laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (CF-LIBS) for quantitative analysis of materials, illustrated by CF-LIBS applied to a brass sample of known composition, is presented in this paper. The LIBS plasma is produced by a 355?nm pulsed Nd:YAG laser with a pulse duration of 6?ns focussed onto a brass sample in air at atmospheric pressure. The time-resolved atomic and ionic emission lines of Cu and Zn from the LIBS spectra recorded by an Echelle spectrograph coupled with a gated intensified charge coupled detector are used for the plasma characterization and the quantitative analysis of the sample. The time delay where the plasma is optically thin and is also in local thermodynamic equilibrium (LTE), necessary for the elemental analysis of samples from the LIBS spectra, is deduced. An algorithm relating the experimentally measured spectral intensity values with the basic physics of the plasma is developed. Using the algorithm, the Zn and Cu concentrations in the brass sample are determined. The analytical results obtained from the CF-LIBS technique agree well with the certified values of the elements in the sample, with an accuracy error <1%.     

Characterization of pigments used in painting by means of laser-induced plasma and attenuated total reflectance FTIR spectroscopy

The study of pigments which are found in the works of art is one of the most important tasks in the examination of historic, artistic and archaeological materials since it can provide information about their source, the pictorial technique used or the presence of restoration works.In some studies, the historical, artistic and technical characterization of the artefact is not the final goal but its restoration. In those cases, the knowledge about the chemical composition inferred from the analysis of the artwork is crucial for conservators and restorers in order to ensure that the same pigments that were used in the original work are employed for the restoration.In this work, the analytical characterization of a range of different pigments commonly used in art has been carried out using laser-induced plasma (LIBS) and attenuated total reflectance (ATR)-FTIR spectroscopy. The main purpose of this study is to provide a preliminary database of LIBS and ATR-FTIR spectra in order to supply both elemental and molecular information, respectively.     

激光诱导击穿光谱分析钢中酸不溶铝含量

激光诱导击穿光谱(LIBS)具有分析速度快、非接触测量、表面微区分析以及易于实现在线实时监控分析等优点。通过LIBS对块状钢铁样品表面进行扫描分析,实现了钢中酸不溶铝含量的定量表征。铝的异常信号采用Nalimov迭代法剔除,以剩余信号强度的平均值加三倍标准偏差作为阈值强度,高于阈值强度的信号认为由酸不溶铝产生,反之由酸溶铝产生。在用含量校准曲线获得钢中总铝的含量后,分别根据酸不溶铝信号总强度或信号总个数与总铝信号之比,计算钢中酸不溶铝的含量。几种钢铁标准样品及实际生产板坯样品中酸不溶铝含量的对比分析结果表明,根据铝信号总强度获得的分析结果与传统湿法分析结果吻合得更好,可用于快速定量表征钢中酸不溶铝的含量。     

激光诱导击穿光谱对污染鱼体内重金属元素分布与含量的分析

环境污染可造成生物体的中毒、病变及死亡。生物体各组织对污染物质的吸收、积累情况是不同的。生物体各组织对污染物质重金属元素的吸收是生物医学中的一项重要研究。采用激光诱导击穿光谱(LIBS)方法对受污染的鱼体各组织进行了重金属元素定量分析。实验中得到了一组探测鱼类组织元素成份的LIBS最佳条件,拟合了Pb和Ba元素的定标曲线并通过外标法测定了重金属含量。实验结果表明,鱼体中肝脏及口腮等部位有重金属积累,而在鱼肉中重金属含量极低。所提出的方法可用于生物体受污染影响的评估研究, 在生物医学领域有重要推广价值。     

水泥生料品质激光在线检测设备研制

水泥质量的优劣直接影响到建筑工程的安全,使用品质合格的水泥材料是保证工程结构质量的必要前提,因此快速检测水泥生料成份对于及时指导调整原料配比和保障水泥产品品质具有重要意义。传统的生料检测需要经过取样、制样、化验等环节,检测结果严重滞后于生产。我们通过产学研协同攻关,研制了一套基于激光诱导击穿光谱(laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, LIBS)技术的水泥生料品质在线检测设备,该设备由LIBS光学检测系统和气动取送样系统两部分组成,实现了对水泥生产线上水泥生料品质的实时连续测量,避免了传统的取制样环节,从而大大缩短了化验时间,所测水泥生料成分的实时数据能够及时指导调整水泥原料的配比,保证水泥质量的合格。我们利用该LIBS水泥品质在线检测设备对水泥生产线上生料中的主成分Al₂O₃,CaO,Fe₂O₃,MgO和SiO₂进行了定量分析,利用全谱归一化和支持向量机(support vector machine,SVM)对水泥生料建立定标模型,对水泥生料中Al₂O₃,CaO,Fe₂O₃,MgO和SiO₂测量的最大误差分别是0.34%,0.35%,0.07%,0.14%和0.55%。现场实验结果表明,本水泥生料品质激光在线检测设备的测量结果与传统化验法的结果相吻合,测量精度与X射线荧光光谱法(XRF)相接近,从而证实了LIBS可以作为水泥在线检测的一种有前景的方法。     

激光诱导等离子体光谱法检测合金钢组分的实验研究

激光诱导击穿光谱技术(LIBS)具有无需样品制备,原位快速分析,可进行实时控制的特点使其在钢铁冶炼控制中具有巨大的实际应用价值。本文以波长为1 064 nm的Nd∶YAG调Q固体激光器为激发光源,CCD为探测器,高合金钢GBW01605—01609系列为样品,在建立的LIBS实验装置上研究激光与合金钢之间的相互作用。系统地研究了观测距离、激光能量对高合金钢样品中激光诱导击穿谱特性的影响,并分析了LIBS信号的时间分辨特性,确定了将LIBS用于合金钢微量元素定量分析时的最佳实验条件。     

Trace elemental analysis by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy—Biological applications

Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) is a sensitive optical technique capable of fast multi-elemental analysis of solid, gaseous and liquid samples. Since the late 1980s LIBS became visible in the analytical atomic spectroscopy scene; its applications having been developed continuously since then. In this paper, the use of LIBS for trace element determination in different matrices is reviewed. The main emphasis is on spatially resolved analysis of microbiological, plant and animal samples.     

微波辅助激光诱导击穿光谱增强大米中Cd发射强度的研究

食品安全问题已成为全世界关注的焦点,对食品中污染物的绿色检测方法有利于环境的可持续发展。以大米中重金属污染物Cd元素为研究对象,分别采用激光诱导击穿光谱(LIBS)和微波辅助激光诱导击穿光谱(MA-LIBS)对空白和实验室污染处理的大米样品进行检测,并选用Cd Ⅰ 228.802 nm为分析线,探讨目标元素分析谱线等离子体发射强度的增强效果。同时,采用阳极溶出伏安法获取大米中Cd元素的真实含量。研究结果表明,对于实验室配制的浓度范围在2.16~13.69 μg·g-1的大米样品,LIBS仅能检测出其中大米Cd真实含量为13.69 μg·g-1的样品;而在同一实验条件下,MA-LIBS能检测出所有污染后样品中的Cd元素信号,并且与LIBS方法相比,Cd元素谱线发射强度增强了9~27倍,检测灵敏度提高了6.34倍。结果表明,采用MA-LIBS能有效地增强大米中Cd元素等离子体的发射强度并提高其检测灵敏度。     

激光诱导击穿光谱结合多元非线性方法定量分析土壤中锰

锰元素是植物所需的微量元素之一。采用激光诱导击穿光谱(laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy,LIBS)技术对土壤中锰元素进行定量分析。以46个土壤样品为研究对象,获取土壤激光诱导击穿光谱数据,选取锰元素403.1 nm的特征谱线为分析线。根据谱线强度与元素浓度建立定标曲线,相关系数仅为0.78,定标结果说明,由于土壤样品成分的复杂性,锰元素浓度受土壤基体效应影响严重,应根据锰元素在土壤中的存在形式,选取相关元素,建立多元非线性回归定量分析方法,消除基体效应,从而提高LIBS测量的准确性。在多元非线性回归方法中分别考虑碳和铁元素对锰元素浓度的影响。与定标曲线相比,在考虑碳和铁元素对锰元素影响时,LIBS预测浓度与参考浓度的相关系数为0.97,相对误差为3.2%～10.3%,测量的准确度得到提高。实验结果表明,将多元非线性回归方法和激光诱导击穿光谱技术结合可以对土壤中微量锰元素进行定量分析。     

基于激光诱导击穿光谱技术的土壤快速分类方法研究

为实现不同种类土壤的快速分类鉴别,实验研究了基于激光诱导击穿光谱技术的土壤快速分类方法。由于不同类型的土壤在元素组成上会存在较大差异,所以利用激光诱导击穿光谱技术进行土壤分类具有可行性。不同土壤在相同实验条件下产生的等离子体温度会存在较大差异,可以作为分类的重要依据,所选择的7类土壤中,赤红壤的等离子体温度最高。选取土壤中6种常量元素Si,Fe,Al,Mg,Ca和Ti的光谱强度作为分类指标,利用主成分分析(principal component analysis,PCA)对7种土类的25个样品进行了分类,其中砖红壤和赤红壤分类出现了交叠,而不同高山草甸土样品之间元素差异较大,并没有实现较好的聚类。利用反向传播神经网络(back-propagation artificial neural network)结合土壤的LIBS光谱对土壤进行了分类,分类结果与PCA结果相近,赤红壤与砖红壤出现了识别错误。当用PCA分析获得三个主成分值作为BP神经网络的输入量时,获得了较好的分类结果,因为简化了输入量,降低了BP神经网络的误差,此时只有一个高山草甸土被识别成褐土,而高山草甸土的等离子体温度显著低于褐土,所以结合不同土壤类型的等离子体温度差异,能够实现不同土壤的分类识别。实验证明激光诱导击穿光谱技术可以应用于土壤分类,为土壤普查和合理利用提高了一种新的技术。     

基于自吸收量化的激光诱导等离子体表征方法

为了表征激光诱导等离子体的定量特征参数,提出了一种谱线自吸收量化的方法,通过获得分析元素谱线的半高全宽来量化谱线自吸收程度,进而得到等离子体的特征参数,包括电子温度、元素含量比以及辐射物质的绝对数密度.与传统激光诱导击穿光谱定量分析方法相比,新方法由于计算过程与谱线强度弱相关,所以分析结果基本不受自吸收效应的影响,同时也无需额外的光谱效率校准.基于铝锂合金的实验结果表明,该方法能够实现精确的相对定量分析和等离子体的特性诊断.     

激光诱导击穿光谱联合一元回归方法定量检测大豆油中的铁含量

采用激光诱导击穿光谱(LIBS)技术对大豆油中的铁(Fe)含量进行定量检测。实验中用一系列不同Fe浓度的大豆油样品,采用二通道高精度光谱仪采集其LIBS光谱信号。根据样品LIBS谱线图,确定了Fe的两个特征谱线404.58和406.36 nm,并应用不同的一元回归方法对两个特征谱线分别建立一元指数回归定量分析模型、一元线性回归定量分析模型和一元二次回归定量分析模型。研究结果表明,Fe Ⅰ 404.58及Fe Ⅰ 406.36的一元指数、一元线性及一元二次回归模型的预测平均相对误差分别为29.49%,8.93%,8.70%和28.95%,8.63%,8.44%。Fe Ⅰ 406.36建立的回归模型预测结果优于Fe Ⅰ 404.58,三个回归模型中一元二次回归模型性能最优。由此可见,LIBS技术检测大豆油中的Fe元素具有一定的可行性,一元二次回归定量分析模型可以有效提高Fe元素预测浓度的精度。