[HTML][HTML] Trends and perspectives in nuclear forensic science

Z Varga, M Wallenius, M Krachler… - TrAC Trends in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nuclear Forensics is a rapidly evolving field with a steadily increasing number of
publications. Research in developing or consolidating signatures and methods in various …

Machine learning in analytical spectroscopy for nuclear diagnostics

AP Rao, PR Jenkins, RE Pinson, JD Auxier II… - Applied Optics, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Analytical spectroscopy methods have shown many possible uses for nuclear material
diagnostics and measurements in recent studies. In particular, the application potential for …

Analytical comparisons of handheld LIBS and XRF devices for rapid quantification of gallium in a plutonium surrogate matrix

AP Rao, PR Jenkins, JD Auxier, MB Shattan… - Journal of Analytical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
This work compares a portable laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) analyzer to a
portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) device for quantification of gallium (Ga) in a plutonium …

Laser-induced plasma analysis of ammonia-oxygen and ammonia-oxygen-enriched-air flames at elevated pressures

BK Gokcecik, N Guthikonda, A Clark, P Zhao… - Combustion and …, 2025 - Elsevier
This study employed Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) to measure the fuel-
oxidizer ratio (FOR) of ammonia combustion with oxygen-enriched air and pure oxygen …

Measurement of electron density and temperature from laser-induced nitrogen plasma at elevated pressure (1–6 bar)

AP Rao, M Gragston, AK Patnaik, PS Hsu… - Optics …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Laser-induced plasmas experience Stark broadening and shifts of spectral lines carrying
spectral signatures of plasma properties. In this paper, we report time-resolved Stark …

The signal quality improvement of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy due to the microwave plasma torch modulation

B Wei, C Yang, S Wu, Y Xiang, Z Wang, S Sun… - Analytica Chimica …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is a versatile analytical
technique for element determination in solids, liquids, and gases. However, LIBS suffers …

Analytical characterization of laser induced plasmas towards uranium isotopic analysis in gaseous uranium hexafluoride

GCY Chan, LR Martin, LD Trowbridge, Z Zhu… - … Acta Part B: Atomic …, 2021 - Elsevier
To perform direct enrichment assay on gaseous uranium hexafluoride (UF 6) with laser
induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), the dominant spectral-line features, evolution of …

Time-gated single-shot picosecond laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (ps-libs) for equivalence-ratio measurements

M Gragston, P Hsu, A Patnaik, Z Zhang… - Applied …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Time-gated picosecond laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (ps-LIBS) for the
determination of local equivalence ratios in atmospheric-pressure adiabatic methane–air …

A data preprocessing method based on matrix matching for coal analysis by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

W Gu, W Song, G Yan, Q Ye, Z Li, MS Afgan… - … Acta Part B: Atomic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Matrix effects limit the quantitative performance of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
(LIBS) for coal analysis. In this work, we proposed a data preprocessing method to reduce …

Detection of Off-Gassed Products From Molten Salts Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

D Diaz, DW Hahn - Applied Spectroscopy, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The detection of off-gassed sodium from molten sodium nitrate (NaNO3) at temperatures
between 330° C and 505° C and off-gassed calcium from molten lithium chloride–potassium …