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OPTICS AND LASER TECHNOLOGY
Volume 57, Issue -, Pages 32-38Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2013.09.035
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Laser spectroscopy; LIBS; Detection of toxic metal in cosmetic; products
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- King Fand University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia [RG1201-1, 1201-2]
- Department of Physics and Department of Chemistry, King Fand University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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Fourth harmonic of a pulsed Nd:YAG laser (wavelength 266 nm) in combination with high resolution spectrograph equipped with Gated ICCD camera has been employed to design a high sensitive analytical system. This detection system is based on Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy and has been tested first time for analysis of semi-fluid samples to detect fluoride content present in the commercially available toothpaste samples. The experimental parameters were optimized to achieve an optically thin and in local therm dynamic equilibrium plasma. This improved the limits of detection of fluoride present in tooth paste samples. The strong atomic transition line of fluorine at 731.102 nm was used as the marker line to quantify the fluoride concentration levels. Our LIBS system was able to detect fluoride concentration levels in the range of 1300-1750 ppm with a detection limit of 156 ppm. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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