Multivariate approach to the chemical mapping of uranium in
sandstone-hosted uranium ores analyzed using double pulse
Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

J 2016

Multivariate approach to the chemical mapping of uranium in sandstone-hosted uranium ores analyzed using double pulse Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

KLUS, Jakub, Petr MIKYSEK, David PROCHAZKA, Pavel POŘÍZKA, Petra PROCHAZKOVÁ et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Multivariate approach to the chemical mapping of uranium in sandstone-hosted uranium ores analyzed using double pulse Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

Authors

KLUS, Jakub (203 Czech Republic), Petr MIKYSEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), David PROCHAZKA (203 Czech Republic), Pavel POŘÍZKA (203 Czech Republic), Petra PROCHAZKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jan NOVOTNÝ (203 Czech Republic), Tomáš TROJEK (203 Czech Republic), Karel NOVOTNÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Marek SLOBODNÍK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Jozef KAISER (203 Czech Republic, guarantor)

Edition

Spectrochimica Acta B, Elsevier, 2016, 0584-8547

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10406 Analytical chemistry

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.241

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/16:00090622

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2016.08.014

UT WoS

000389497400016

Keywords in English

LIBS; Uranium principal component analysis; Chemical mapping; Sandstone hosted deposit; X ray Fluorescence

Abstract

V originále

This work is focused on the high resolution mapping of uranium in sandstone-hosted uranium ores using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy technique. In order to obtain chemical image with highest possible spatial resolution, LIBS system in orthogonal double pulse arrangement was employed. Owing to this experimental arrangement the spot size of 50 um in diameter resulting in lateral resolution of 100 um was reached. Despite the increase in signal intensity in DP LIBS modification, the detection of uranium is challenging. The main cause is the high density of uranium spectral lines, which together with broadening of LIBS spectral lines overreaches the resolution of commonly used spectrometers. It results in increased overall background radiation with only few distinguishable uranium lines. Three different approaches in the LIBS data treatment for the uranium detection were utilized: i) spectral line intensity, ii) region of apparent background and iii) multivariate data analysis. By utilizing multivariate statistical methods, a specific specimen features (in our case uranium content) were revealed by processing complete spectral information obtained from broadband echelle spectrograph. Our results are in a good agreement with conventional approaches such as line fitting and show new possibilities of processing spectral data in mapping. As a reference technique to LIBS was employed X-ray Fluorescence. The XRF chemical images used in this paper have lower resolution (approximately 1–2 mm per image point), nevertheless the elemental distribution is apparent and corresponds to presented LIBS experiments.

Links

LQ1601, research and development project

Name: CEITEC 2020 (Acronym: CEITEC2020)

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR

Citovat

KLUS, Jakub, Petr MIKYSEK, David PROCHAZKA, Pavel POŘÍZKA, Petra PROCHAZKOVÁ, Jan NOVOTNÝ, Tomáš TROJEK, Karel NOVOTNÝ, Marek SLOBODNÍK and Jozef KAISER. Multivariate approach to the chemical mapping of uranium in sandstone-hosted uranium ores analyzed using double pulse Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy. Spectrochimica Acta B. Elsevier, 2016, vol. 123, September, p. 143-149. ISSN 0584-8547. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2016.08.014.

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KLUS, Jakub, Petr MIKYSEK, David PROCHAZKA, Pavel POŘÍZKA, Petra PROCHAZKOVÁ, Jan NOVOTNÝ, Tomáš TROJEK, Karel NOVOTNÝ, Marek SLOBODNÍK and Jozef KAISER. Multivariate approach to the chemical mapping of uranium in sandstone-hosted uranium ores analyzed using double pulse Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy. \textit{Spectrochimica Acta B}. Elsevier, 2016, vol.~123, September, p.~143-149. ISSN~0584-8547. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2016.08.014.

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