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Detection of Pollutants in Soil Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)

A University of Alkafeel journal article describes using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy to detect pollutants in soil. The excerpt identifies the publisher and content type but provides no experimental details or results.

Illustrative image: Soil fertility analysis. Measuring the density of dried and milled samples. Analytical methods used in the Soil Fertility Laboratory of the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development The Soil Fertility Laboratory routinely performs the following analyses as part of the Department’s Fertilizer Advisory Service, using the rapid procedures described by Hunter (1975) and Farina (1981): Ambic-2-extractable P, K and Zn, KCl-extractable Ca, Mg and acidity, and pH (KCl). These methods — Alandmanson/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Categories: science-and-space, environment-and-climate

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The paper reports a technique for identifying soil contamination using LIBS, relevant to environmental monitoring and analysis.

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