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Cremers, D.A. Radziemski, L.J. 2006. Handbook of Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscop. J. Wiley Sons, New York Gonzalez, J., Oropeza, D., Mao, X.L., Russo, R.E. 2008. Assessment of the precision and accuracy of thorium (232Th) and uranium (238U) measured by quadrupole based-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry comparison of liquid... 

M.C. Madamba, W.M. Mullett, S. Debnath and E. Kwong, Characterization of tablet film coatings using a laser-induced breakdown spectroscopic technique, AAPS PharmSciTech, 8 (4) Article 103 (http //www. aapspharmscitech.org/) (2007). 

Derome, D., Cathelineau, M., Cuney, M., Fabre, C., Lhomme, T., Banks, D.A. 2005. Mixing of sodic and calcic brines and uranium deposition at McArthur River, Saskatchewan, Canada. A raman and laser-induced breakdown spectroscopic study of fluid inclusions. Economic Geology, 100, 1529-1545. 

Vukjovic et al.199 recently proposed a simple, fast, sensitive, and low-cost procedure based on solid phase spectrophotometric (SPS) and multicomponent analysis by multiple linear regression (MA) to determine traces of heavy metals in pharmaceuticals. Other spectroscopic techniques employed for high-throughput pharmaceutical analysis include laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS),200 201 fluorescence spectroscopy,202 204 diffusive reflectance spectroscopy,205 laser-based nephelometry,206 automated polarized light microscopy,207 and laser diffraction and image analysis.208... 

The same equipment, which is used for time-resolved Ivuninescence application is suitable for other laser-based spectroscopies. Thus several spectroscopic methods may be applied simultaneously. The most important techniques, which may be used together with time-resolved luminescence, are laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy and Second Harmonics Generation spectroscopy. 

Bundschuh T, Knopp R, Kim JI (2001) Laser-induced breakdown detection (LIBD) of aquatic colloids with different laser systems. Colloids Surfaces A 177 47-55 Burdett JK, McLaman TJ (1984) An orbital interpretation of Pauhng s rales. Am Mineral 69 601-621 Burdett JK, Price GD, Price SL (1981) The factors influencing sohd state structure. An interpretation using pseudopotential radii maps. Phys Rev B 24 2903-2912 Calas G, Brown GE Jr, Waychunas GA, Petiau J (1987) X-ray absorption spectroscopic studies of silicate glasses and minerals. Phys Chem Minerals 15 19-29... 

Michele Marrocco, PhD, is a researcher in laser spectroscopy at ENEA (Rome, Italy) (1999 to present). He received his degree in physics from the University of Rome in 1994. He was employed as a postdoctorate at the Max-Planck Institute for Quantum Optics (Munich, Germany), as a researcher at the Quantum Optics Labs at the University of Rome (Rome, Italy), and as an optics researcher by the army. His research activities include traditional and innovative spectroscopic techniques for diagnosis of combustion and nanoscopic systems studied by means of optical microscopy. The techniques used include adsorption, laser induced fluorescence, spontaneous Raman, stimulated Raman gain, stimulated Raman loss, coherent anti-Stokes Raman, degenerate four wave mixing, polarization spectroscopy, laser induced breakdown, laser induced incandescence, laser induced thermal gratings. He has over 30 technical publications. 

All major modem atomic absorption and emission techniques and instrumentation are covered, including new MP-AES and triple quadrupole ICP-MS instruments. The relatively new technique of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) has been added to Chapter 7 and is now currently being used on Mars in the Curiosity rover, which landed on the Red Planet in August 2012. Appendices with EAAS and GEAAS conditions have been added, and the appendix with limits of detection for all the atomic spectroscopic techniques has been updated from the sixth edition. The chapter on X-ray has been significantly revised by Dr. Alexander Seyfarth, the new coauthor of the chapter, to reflect the state of the art in XRP, XRD, and related techniques. Many new graphics have been added. 

The same equipment, which is used for time-resolved luminescence application is suitable for other laser-based spectroscopies. Thus several spectroscopic methods may be applied simultaneously. The mostly important technique, which may be used together with time-resolved luminescence, is laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy. Several books have been recently published devoted to Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) (Cremers and Radziemski 2013 Miziolek et al. 2006 Singh and Thakur 2007 Noll 2012 Hahn and Omenetto 2010 Hahn and Omenetto 2012). LIBS aspects were considered applied to the analysis of minerals, rocks and related materials (Senesi 2014). Thus only the theoretical aspects which are the mostly relevant to our research devoted to the real time online quality control of minerals will be considered. 

Sharma S, Lucey P, Ghosh M et al (2003) Stand-off Raman spectroscopic detection of minerals on planetary surfaces. Spectrochim Acta A 59 2391-2407 Singh J, Thakur S (2007) Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy. Elsevier, Amsterdam Smith E, Dent G (2005) Modem Raman spectroscopy a practical approach. Wiley, Hoboken Steinfeld J, Wormhoudt J (1998) Explosives detection a challenge for physical chemistry. Ann Rev Phys Chem 49 203-232... 

The Applications of Laser-induced Time-resolved Spectroscopic Techniques chapter starts with a short description of laser-induced spectroscopies, which may be used in combination with laser-induced luminescence, namely Breakdown, Raman and Second Harmonic Generation. The chapter contains several examples of the application of laser-based spectroscopies in remote sensing and radiometric sorting of minerals. The proljlem of minerals as geomaterials for radioactive waste storage is also considered. 

P. DeMontgolfier, Laser Induced Gas Breakdown Spectroscopic and Chemical Studies , NASA-CR-121646, WIS-TCI-442X (1971)... 

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