Characteristics of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) at Space Environment for Space Resources Exploration

Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)

Remote Laser - induced Breakdown Spectroscopy ( LIBS ) Analysis of Hydrated Sulfates

Introduction: One of the most promising of instruments selected for the upcoming Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission for analyzing Martian rocks is the remote Laser-Induced Breakdown Spec-troscopy (LIBS) on the ChemCam instrument package. The LIBS technique involves focusing a laser pulse beam at a distant target with sufficiently high energy that a plasma is made, reducing a small spot on th...

Measuring total soil carbon with laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS).

Improving estimates of carbon inventories in soils is currently hindered by lack of a rapid analysis method for total soil carbon. A rapid, accurate, and precise method that could be used in the field would be a significant benefit to researchers investigating carbon cycling in soils and dynamics of soil carbon in global change processes. We tested a new analysis method for predicting total soi...

The Applicability of Laser-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (libs) to Mars Exploration

Introduction: Measurements of elemental composition of Mars' rocks and soils have been limited to a very few missions, most notably Vi-king and Mars Pathfinder [e.g., 1,2], and to the martian meteorites. While the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) missions to be launched later this year represent a significant step forward, many of the key questions of today will remain for future missions to be ans...

Venus Geochemical Analysis by Remote Laser - Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy ( Libs

[1]) with terrestrial standard samples used in this study (red). JA-1 is the most K-rich.. VENUS GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS BY REMOTE LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS). S. M. Clegg, J. E. Barefield, R. C. Wiens, S. K. Sharma, A. K. Misra, J. Tucker, M. D. Dyar, J. Lambert, S. Smrekar, A. Treiman. Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663 MS J565, Los Alamos, NM 87545, [email protected], j...