Handheld laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) as a fast and easy method to trace gold
Anthony Pochon, Anne-Marie Desaulty, Laurent Bailly
Abstract
This study demonstrates the ability of a handheld LIBS unit to quantify the Ag content in order to trace the provenance of natural gold.
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