Tunneling Evidence of Half-Metallic Ferromagnetism in the Colossal Magnetoresistive La(0.7)Ca(0.3)MnO(3) and La(0.7)Sr(0.3)Mn0(3) Films
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Observaciones de la Tierra desde la Estación Espacial Internacional
The International Space Station is a "global observation and diagnosis station." It promotes international Earth observations aimed at understanding and resolving the environmental issues of our home planet. A wide variety of Earth observation payloads can be attached to the exposed facilities on the station's exterior as well as within the Destiny module. The presence of a human crew also provides a unique capability for real-time observation of the Earth, and "on the fly" data collection using hand-held digital cameras, and the astronauts may also provide input to ground personnel programming the station's automated Earth observation systems. Several instruments are currently collecting data from the International Space Station; in addition, some instruments have completed their data collection missions, with other remote sensing systems in development or proposed by researchers from the partner countries, NASA, academic institutions, and corporations. The existing international partnerships, fundamental to the International Space Station, facilitate data sharing that can benefit people around the world and promote international collaboration on other Earth observation activities. The station contributes to humanity by collecting data on global climate, environmental change, and natural hazards using its unique complement of crew-operated and automated Earth observation payloads.
Sotomayor, Jorge L.↗
Biomedical Science and Technology on the International Space Station - Benefits for Humanity (Ciencia Y Tecnologia Biomedica En La Estacion Espacial Internacional - Beneficios Para La Humanidad)
The International Space Station is a unique laboratory for performing investigations that affect human health both in space and on Earth. During its time in orbit, the space station has enabled research that is providing a better understanding of many aspects of human health including aging, trauma, disease and environmental impacts. Driven by the need to support astronaut health, several biological and human physiological investigations have yielded important results that we on Earth can also benefit from. These results include new ways to mitigate bone loss, insights into bacterial behavior, and innovative wound-healing techniques. Advances in telemedicine, disease models, psychological stress response systems, nutrition and cell behavior are just a few more examples of the benefits that have been gained from applying studies in orbit to human health back on Earth.
Love, John E.↗
La Inteligencia Artificial Y El Renacimiento De La Exploración Espacial Tripulada
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Graham Mackintosh↗
Peruvian Amazon Ecological Conservation: Assessing Land Cover Changes in the Peruvian Amazon to Identify Exploitative Agriculture Using NASA EO and PerúSAT-1/Pronostico Ecológico en la Amazonía Peruana: Evaluando Cambios de Cobertura en La Selva Amazónica Peruana para Identificar Explotación Agricola Utilizando Observaciones Terrestres de NASA y PerúSAT-1
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Beck De Fazio↗
How NASA Environmental Control and Life Support Systems Technology Enable Sustainable Economies [Cómo la Tecnología de Sistemas de Soporte Vital y Control Ambiental de la NASA Apoya Economías Sostenibles]
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La Reduccion Gradual de Refrigerantes de Hidrofluorocarburos y el Acondicionamiento de Espacios Comerciales: Guia para la Transicion
You may be aware of the hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) phasedown, but the details and its impact on your operations may still be unclear. Or perhaps this is the first you're hearing about the phasedown. In either case, this guide provides information to aid conversations with facility managers and engineers and provides an explanation of how the phasedown affects equipment in commercial buildings. It also includes actions you and your organization can take now to properly plan and prepare. This is the Spanish translation of NREL/FS-5500-85155: The Hydrofluorocarbon Phasedown and Commercial Space Conditioning: A Guide to the Transition.
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Steering the Methane Dry Reforming Reactivity of Ni/La 2 O 3 Catalysts by Controlled In Situ Decomposition of Doped La 2 NiO 4 Precursor Structures
The influence of A- and/or B-site doping of Ruddlesden-Popper perovskite materials on the crystal structure, stability, and dry reforming of methane (DRM) reactivity of specific A 2 BO 4 phases (A = La, Ba; B = Cu, Ni) has been evaluated by a combination of catalytic experiments, in situ X-ray diffraction, X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and aberration-corrected electron microscopy. At room temperature, B-site doping of La 2 NiO 4 with Cu stabilizes the orthorhombic structure ( Fmmm ) of the perovskite, while A-site doping with Ba yields a tetragonal space group ( I 4/ mmm ). We observed the orthorhombic-to-tetragonal transformation above 170 °C for La 2 Ni 0.9 Cu 0.1 O 4 and La 2 Ni 0.8 Cu 0.2 O 4 , slightly higher than for undoped La 2 NiO 4 . Loss of oxygen in interstitial sites of the tetragonal structure causes further structure transformations for all samples before decomposition in the temperature range of 400 °C-600 °C. Controlled in situ decomposition of the parent or A/B-site doped perovskite structures in a DRM mixture (CH 4 :CO 2 = 1:1) in all cases yields an active phase consisting of exsolved nanocrystalline metallic Ni particles in contact with hexagonal La 2 O 3 and a mixture of (oxy)carbonate phases (hexagonal and monoclinic La 2 O 2 CO 3 , BaCO 3 ). Differences in the catalytic activity evolve because of (i) the in situ formation of Ni-Cu alloy phases (in a composition of >7:1 = Ni:Cu) for La 2 Ni 0.9 Cu 0.1 O 4 , La 2 Ni 0.8 Cu 0.2 O 4 , and La 1.8 Ba 0.2 Ni 0.9 Cu 0.1 O 4 , (ii) the resulting Ni particle size and amount of exsolved Ni, and (iii) the inherently different reactivity of the present (oxy)carbonate species. Based on the onset temperature of catalytic DRM activity, the latter decreases in the order of La 2 Ni 0.9 Cu 0.1 O 4 ~ La 2 Ni 0.8 Cu 0.2 O 4 ≥ La 1.8 Ba 0.2 Ni 0.9 Cu 0.1 O 4 > La 2 NiO 4 > La 1.8 Ba 0.2 NiO 4 . Simple A-site doped La 1.8 Ba 0.2 NiO 4 is essentially DRM inactive. The Ni particle size can be efficiently influenced by introducing Ba into the A site of the respective Ruddlesden-Popper structures, allowing us to control the Ni particle size between 10 nm and 30 nm both for simple B-site and A-site doped structures. Hence, it is possible to steer both the extent of the metal-oxide-(oxy)carbonate interface and its chemical composition and reactivity. Counteracting the limitation of the larger Ni particle size, the activity can, however, be improved by additional Cu-doping on the B-site, enhancing the carbon reactivity. Exemplified for the La 2 NiO 4 based systems, we show how the delicate antagonistic balance of doping with Cu (rendering the La 2 NiO 4 structure less stable and suppressing coking by efficiently removing surface carbon) and Ba (rendering the La 2 NiO 4 structure more stable and forming unreactive surface or interfacial carbonates) can be used to tailor prospective DRM-active catalysts.
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General trends of superconducting pairing and magnetic correlations in the Ruddlesden-Popper nickelate 𝑚-layered superconductors La 𝑚+1 Ni 𝑚 O 3𝑚+1
Here, we report a comprehensive theoretical analysis of the Ruddlesden-Popper layered nickelates La 𝑚+1 Ni 𝑚 O 3𝑚+1 (𝑚 = 1 to 6) under pressure. These materials have recently received significant attention due to the discovery of superconductivity in some nickelates under pressure. Our results suggest that, while these Ruddlesden-Popper layered nickelates display many similarities, they also show noticeable differences. One of the common features of La 𝑚+1 Ni 𝑚 O 3𝑚+1 is that the electronic states near the Fermi level are mainly contributed by Ni 3𝑑 orbitals, slightly hybridized with O 2𝑝 orbitals. The Ni 𝑑 3𝑧 2 −𝑟 2 orbitals display bonding-antibonding, or bonding-antibonding-nonbonding, characteristic splittings, depending on the even or odd number of stacking layers 𝑚. In addition, the ratio of the in-plane interorbital hopping between 𝑑 3𝑧 2 −𝑟 2 and 𝑑 𝑥 2 −𝑦 2 orbitals and in-plane intraorbital hopping between 𝑑 𝑥 2 −𝑦 2 orbitals was found to be large in La 𝑚+1 Ni 𝑚 O 3𝑚+1 (𝑚 = 1 to 6), and this ratio increases from 𝑚 = 1 to 𝑚 = 6, suggesting that the in-plane hybridization will increase as the layer number 𝑚 increases. In contrast to the dominant 𝑠 ± -wave state driven by spin fluctuations in the bilayer La 3 Ni 2 O 7 and trilayer La 4 Ni 3 O 10 , two nearly degenerate 𝑑 𝑥 2 −𝑦 2 -wave and 𝑠 ± -wave leading states were obtained in the four-layer stacking La 5 Ni 4 O 13 and five-layer stacking La 6 Ni 5 O 16 . The leading 𝑠 ± -wave state was recovered in the six-layer material La 7 Ni 6 O 19 with slightly higher calculated pairing strength 𝜆 than that of the 𝑑 𝑥 2 −𝑦 2 -wave state. All this evidence suggests that both 𝑠 ± -wave and 𝑑 𝑥 2 −𝑦 2 -wave channels are strongly competing in the high-order niceklates based on our random-phase approximation calculations. In general, at the level of the random-phase approximation treatment, the superconducting transition temperature 𝑇 𝑐 decreases in stoichiometric bulk systems from the bilayer La 3 Ni 2 O 7 to the six-layer La 7 Ni 6 O 19 , despite the 𝑚-dependent dominant pairing. Both in-plane and out-of-plane magnetic correlations are found to be quite complex. Within the in-plane direction, we obtained the peak of the magnetic susceptibility at 𝐪 = (0.6𝜋, 0.6𝜋) for La 5 Ni 4 O 13 (𝑚 = 4) and La 7 Ni 6 O 19 (𝑚 = 6) and at 𝐪 = (0.7𝜋, 0.7𝜋) for La 6 Ni 5 O 16 (𝑚 = 5). Along the out-of-plane direction, four layers are coupled as ↓−↑−↑−↓ in La 5 Ni 4 O 13 , five layers are coupled as ↑−↑−↓−↑−↑ in La 6 Ni 5 O 16 , and six layers are coupled as ↑−↓−↓−↑−↑−↓ in La 7 Ni 6 O 19 .
Zhang, Yang [Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (Un↗
Materials Data on La by Materials Project
La is alpha La structured and crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mmc space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent La sites. In the first La site, La is bonded to twelve La atoms to form a mixture of corner, edge, and face-sharing LaLa12 cuboctahedra. There are six shorter (3.72 Å) and six longer (3.77 Å) La–La bond lengths. In the second La site, La is bonded to twelve La atoms to form a mixture of corner, edge, and face-sharing LaLa12 cuboctahedra. All La–La bond lengths are 3.77 Å.
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Estudio de Resiliencia de la Red Electrica de Puerto Rico y Transiciones a Energia 100% Renovable (PR100): Actualizacion de Progreso de Seis Meses [Slides]
Puerto Rico se ha comprometido a satisfacer sus necesidades de electricidad con un 100% de energia renovable para 2050, junto con el cumplimiento de objetivos intermedios del 40% para 2025, el 60% para 2040, la eliminacion gradual de la generacion a base de carbon para 2028, y una mejora del 30% en la eficiencia energetica para 2040, segun lo establecido en la Ley de Politica Publica Energetica de Puerto Rico (Ley 17). Desde los huracanes Irma y Maria en septiembre de 2017, DOE y sus laboratorios nacionales han proporcionado a las partes interesadas del sistema energetico de Puerto Rico herramientas, adiestramiento y apoyo de modelaje para permitir la planificacion y el funcionamiento de la red electrica con mas resiliencia frente a nuevas interrupciones. El 2 de febrero de 2022, DOE, FEMA y seis laboratorios nacionales lanzaron el Estudio de Resiliencia de la Red Electrica de Puerto Rico y Transicion a la Energia 100% Renovable (PR100), de dos anos de duracion, para llevar a cabo un analisis exhaustivo de las vias impulsadas por las partes interesadas para el futuro energetico de Puerto Rico. El analisis energetico, solido y objetivo, comprende cinco actividades, con enfasis en la confiabilidad del sistema electrico, la resiliencia y la planificacion de la generacion. Esta presentacion se realizo en un seminario web publico el 21 de julio del 2022, proporcionando un resumen general del progreso en los primeros seis meses del Estudio, incluyendo la presentacion de cuatro escenarios iniciales definidos mediante un rol activo de las partes interesadas. This is the Spanish translation of NREL/PR-6A20-83431.
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Estudio de Resiliencia de la Red Electrica de Puerto Rico y Transicion a Energia 100% Renovable (PR100): Actualizacion de Progreso de Seis Meses [Slides]
Puerto Rico se ha comprometido a satisfacer sus necesidades de electricidad con un 100% de energia renovable para 2050, junto con el cumplimiento de objetivos intermedios del 40% para 2025, el 60% para 2040, la eliminacion gradual de la generacion a base de carbon para 2028, y una mejora del 30% en la eficiencia energetica para 2040, segun lo establecido en la Ley de Politica Publica Energetica de Puerto Rico (Ley 17). Desde los huracanes Irma y Maria en septiembre de 2017, DOE y sus laboratorios nacionales han proporcionado a las partes interesadas del sistema energetico de Puerto Rico herramientas, adiestramiento y apoyo de modelaje para permitir la planificacion y el funcionamiento de la red electrica con mas resiliencia frente a nuevas interrupciones. El 2 de febrero de 2022, DOE, FEMA y seis laboratorios nacionales lanzaron el Estudio de Resiliencia de la Red Electrica de Puerto Rico y Transicion a la Energia 100% Renovable (PR100), de dos anos de duracion, para llevar a cabo un analisis exhaustivo de las vias impulsadas por las partes interesadas para el futuro energetico de Puerto Rico. El analisis energetico, solido y objetivo, comprende cinco actividades, con enfasis en la confiabilidad del sistema electrico, la resiliencia y la planificacion de la generacion. Esta presentacion provee una actualizacion de progreso del trabajo de seis meses sobre el Estudio, incluyendo la presentacion de cuatro escenarios iniciales definidos mediante un rol activo de las partes interesadas. This is the Spanish translation of NREL/PR-6A20-83432.
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Materials Data on La(IO3)4 by Materials Project
La(O3I)4 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1/c space group. The structure is three-dimensional. La is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to nine O atoms. There are a spread of La–O bond distances ranging from 2.46–2.71 Å. There are twelve inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O is bonded in a bent 150 degrees geometry to one La and one I atom. The O–I bond length is 1.83 Å. In the second O site, O is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one I atom. The O–I bond length is 1.83 Å. In the third O site, O is bonded in a bent 120 degrees geometry to one La and one I atom. The O–I bond length is 1.85 Å. In the fourth O site, O is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one I atom. The O–I bond length is 1.82 Å. In the fifth O site, O is bonded in a bent 150 degrees geometry to one La and one I atom. The O–I bond length is 1.81 Å. In the sixth O site, O is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to one La and one I atom. The O–I bond length is 1.83 Å. In the seventh O site, O is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to one La and one I atom. The O–I bond length is 1.84 Å. In the eighth O site, O is bonded in a bent 120 degrees geometry to one La and one I atom. The O–I bond length is 1.83 Å. In the ninth O site, O is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to one La and two I atoms. There are one shorter (1.86 Å) and one longer (2.54 Å) O–I bond lengths. In the tenth O site, O is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to one La and one I atom. The O–I bond length is 1.85 Å. In the eleventh O site, O is bonded in a distorted bent 120 degrees geometry to one La and one I atom. The O–I bond length is 1.85 Å. In the twelfth O site, O is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one I atom. The O–I bond length is 1.84 Å. There are four inequivalent I sites. In the first I site, I is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three O atoms. In the second I site, I is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to three O atoms. In the third I site, I is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to three O atoms. In the fourth I site, I is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to four O atoms.
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Silica-Aerogel Composites Opacified with La(0.7)Sr(0.3)MnO3
As part of an effort to develop improved lightweight thermal-insulation tiles to withstand temperatures up to 1,000 C, silica aerogel/fused-quartz-fiber composite materials containing La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 particles as opacifiers have been investigated as potentially offering thermal conductivities lower than those of the otherwise equivalent silica-aerogel composite materials not containing La(0.7)Sr(0.3)MnO3 particles. The basic idea of incorporating opacifying particles into silica-aerogels composite to reduce infrared radiative contributions to thermal conductivities at high temperatures is not new: it has been reported in a number of previous NASA Tech Briefs articles. What is new here is the selection of La(0.7)Sr(0.3)MnO3 particles as candidate opacifiers that, in comparison with some prior opacifiers (carbon black and metal nanoparticles), are more thermally stable. The preparation of a composite material of the present type includes synthesis of the silica-aerogel component in a sol-gel process. The La(0.7)Sr(0.3)MnO3 particles, made previously in a separate process, are mixed into the sol, which is then cast onto fused-quartz-fiber batting. Then the aerogel-casting solution is poured into the mold, where it permeates the silica fiber felt. After the sol has gelled, the casting is aged and then subjected to supercritical drying to convert the gel to the final aerogel form. The separate process for making the La(0.7)Sr(0.3)MnO3 particles begins with the slow addition of corresponding proportions of La(CH3COOH)3, Mn(CH3COOH)3, and Sr(NO3)2 to a solution of H2O2 in H2O. The solution is then peptized by drop-wise addition of NH4OH to obtain a sol. Next, the sol is dried in an oven at a temperature of 120 C to obtain a glassy solid. The solid is calcined at 700 C to convert it to La(0.7)Sr(0.3)MnO3. Then La(0.7)Sr(0.3)MnO3 particles are made by ball-milling the calcined solid. The effectiveness of La(0.7)Sr(0.3)MnO3 particles as opacifiers and thermal-conductivity reducers depends on the statistical distribution of particle sizes as well as the relative proportions of La(0.7)Sr(0.3)MnO3 and aerogel. For experiments performed thus far, samples of aerogel/fiber composites were formulated to have, variously, silica target density of 0.07 or 0.14 g/cu cm and to contain 30 percent of La(0.7)Sr(0.3)MnO3 in average particle size of 0.3 or 3 microns. The thermal conductivities of the samples containing the 3 micron La(0.7)Sr(0.3)MnO3 particles were found to be lower than those of the samples containing the 0.3 micron La(0.7)Sr(0.3)MnO3 particles. The optimum particle size is believed to be between 1 and 5 microns.
Rhine, Wendell↗
Mechanism and Kinetics of Ethanol–Acetaldehyde Conversion to 1,3-Butadiene over Isolated Lewis Acid La Sites in Silanol Nests in Dealuminated Beta Zeolite
Biomass-derived ethanol (EtOH) and acetaldehyde (AcH) conversion to 1,3-butadiene (1,3-BD) is an alternative process for 1,3-BD production. The present investigation reports the preparation and characterization of isolated La sites introduced into the silanol nests in DeAlBEA as well as detailed studies of the mechanism and kinetics for the conversion of an EtOH-AcH mixture to 1,3-BD. La sites supported on DeAlBEA are found to be present as (≡SiO) 2 La-OH groups that are H-bonded with adjacent Si-OH groups, possessing high C-C coupling activity and stability, superior to state-of-the-art Y-DeAlBEA. La sites supported on silica (La-SiO 2 ) with a similar chemical structure but no H-bonding interaction with Si-OH groups were prepared for comparison. Lewis acid La sites promote AcH aldol condensation, and the activity of such sites is nearly identical for both La-DeAlBEA and La-SiO 2 . Further, the rate of C 4 product formation increases by a factor of 4.8 upon addition of EtOH to the feed of AcH over La-DeAlBEA, whereas that over La/SiO 2 remains unchanged. Investigation of the mechanism and kinetics of AcH aldol condensation and EtOH-AcH conversion to 1,3-BD revealed two C-C bond forming pathways-AcH aldol condensation by Lewis acid La sites and direct coupling of EtOH-AcH over H-bonded (≡SiO) 2 La-OH···HO-Si≡ sites. This study provides important information about the role of the local environment of isolated Lewis acid sites and their effects on the direct coupling of EtOH and AcH to form 1,3-BD.
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Phase stability and coercivity in La 2 Fe 14 B magnet
Critical rare-earth free La 2 Fe 14 B (2:14:1) has the potential to be a gap permanent magnet. However, La 2 Fe 14 B decomposes into La, α-Fe, and La 4 Fe 4 phases below 1067 K. The phase stability and coercivity have been studied in La 2 Fe 14 B magnet using first principles DFT (density functional theory) calculation and micromagnetic simulation. For a perfect La 2 Fe 14 B cube (edge length of 256 nm) without any structural defects and soft magnetic secondary phases, the coercivity (8.5 kOe) is reduced to ~40% of its magnetocrystalline anisotropy field ( H A = 20 kOe). Further, the coercivity sharply reduces to 3.2 kOe upon forming a thin layer (2 nm) of α-Fe on the surface of the La 2 Fe 14 B cube particle. The DFT calculations indicate that a partial replacement of La by other rare-earth (RE) elements can enhance the structural stability of 2:14:1. The gains in cohesive energy are 0.75, 0.10, and 0.33 eV per formula unit in (La 0.5 RE 0.5 ) 2 Fe 14 B with RE = Ce, Pr, and Nd, respectively. Stabilizing the 2:14:1 structure and mitigating the formation of soft magnetic structural defects or impurity phases such as α-Fe is necessary to develop La 2 Fe 14 B based magnet, which can be moderately achieved via partial substitution of La by other rare earth elements such as Ce, Pr, and Nd.
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Materials Data on La(Al5Ru)2 by Materials Project
La(RuAl5)2 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Cmcm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. La is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Ru and sixteen Al atoms. All La–Ru bond lengths are 3.51 Å. There are a spread of La–Al bond distances ranging from 3.22–3.68 Å. Ru is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to two equivalent La and ten Al atoms. There are a spread of Ru–Al bond distances ranging from 2.59–2.79 Å. There are five inequivalent Al sites. In the first Al site, Al is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to one La, two equivalent Ru, and two equivalent Al atoms. Both Al–Al bond lengths are 3.07 Å. In the second Al site, Al is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to two equivalent La, two equivalent Ru, and two equivalent Al atoms. Both Al–Al bond lengths are 2.90 Å. In the third Al site, Al is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two equivalent La, two equivalent Ru, and two equivalent Al atoms. Both Al–Al bond lengths are 2.90 Å. In the fourth Al site, Al is bonded in a distorted bent 120 degrees geometry to two equivalent La, two equivalent Ru, and two equivalent Al atoms. There are one shorter (2.68 Å) and one longer (2.84 Å) Al–Al bond lengths. In the fifth Al site, Al is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to one La, two equivalent Ru, and nine Al atoms. The Al–Al bond length is 2.70 Å.
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Tandem LA-ICP-MS & LIBS; A New Micro-Analytical Technique for the Measurement of Every Element in the Periodic Table
Laser Ablation ICP-MS (LA-ICP-MS) has been widely accepted as a microanalytical technique for in-situ trace (ppb) elemental analysis on the micron scale in a variety of geologic materials. LA-ICP-MS (single or multi-collector) provides both elemental and isotopic measurements critical for a wide range of geological research by generating a fine grained aerosol (nm scale) during the laser ablation event and delivering that aerosol to the ICP ion source of the mass spectrometer via an inert carrier gas. LA-ICP-MS, however, suffers from limitations in analyzing high ionization potential elements as well as elements subject to atmospheric and argon based interferences. LA-ICP-MS also has limitations in analyzing major elements due to detector saturation. An alternative laser ablation technique, Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS), employs an optical spectrometer integrated into the laser ablation system that analyzes the laser induced plasma at the sample surface across the entire optical spectrum for emission lines of every element in the periodic table. Elements that are difficult or impossible to measure with LA-ICP-MS are now possible to analyze with LIBS down to low ppm levels with CCD and/or ICCD detection. We introduce a new laser based technique, “Tandem LA-LIBS”, that combines LA for ICP-MS and LIBS into one integrated laser ablation system. This system has the effect of expanding the elemental coverage and the dynamic range of the laser ablation experiment as measurements from ppb to % level matrix elements can now be analyzed in a single ablation experiment. We present both femtosecond and nanosecond Tandem LA-LIBS quantitative and qualitative data on wide range of geological materials for those elements that are difficult or impossible by traditional LA-ICP-MS techniques such as F, H, O, N, C, S, halogens, etc. We also demonstrate that the simultaneous measurement of trace, minor and major elements are now possible in a single laser ablation experiment with Tandem LA-LIBS technology.
LA-ICP-MS↗