Quantification of Rare Earth Elements in the Parts Per Million Range: A Novel Approach in the Application of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

Madhavi Martin; Rodger C. Martin; Hunter B. Andrews; Steve Allman; Deanne Brice; Samir Martin; Nicolas Andre

doi:10.1177/00037028221092051

Quantification of Rare Earth Elements in the Parts Per Million Range: A Novel Approach in the Application of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

Madhavi Martin, Rodger C. Martin, Hunter B. Andrews, Steve Allman, Deanne Brice, Samir Martin, Nicolas Andre

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This work extends a previous percentage level concentration study of the optical emission spectra for six rare earth elements, europium (Eu), gadolinium (Gd), lanthanum (La), praseodymium (Pr), neodymium (Nd), and samarium (Sm), along with the transition metal, yttrium (Y) using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS). The concentration of these six rare earth elements and yttrium has been attempted for the first time systematically down to parts per million (ppm) concentration levels ranging from 30 to 300 ppm. The authors have developed multivariate models for each element capable of predicting concentration with acceptable to excellent levels of accuracy. Additionally, partial least squares regression coefficients were used to identify key spectral features able to be used in this lower concentration regime. This study has demonstrated that it is conceivable to quantify the six rare earth elements along with yttrium at low concentrations in the parts per million levels.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	937-945
Number of pages	9
Journal	Applied Spectroscopy
Volume	76
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/00037028221092051
State	Published - Aug 2022

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This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy. The United States Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for United States Government purposes. This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy. The United States Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for United States Government purposes.

Keywords

PLS–LIBS models
REEs
Rare earth elements
lanthanides
multivariate analysis
partial least squares laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy models
parts per million detection
ppm

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