Comparison Study of Two Commercial Spectrometers for Heavy Metal Analysis of Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)

M. ARAB; N. BIDIN; Z. H. RIZVI; S. SAFIE; and M. A. ALSAEDI

doi:10.1007/s13320-013-0144-1

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