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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Academic”

Academic Loaner: Environmental soils in NJ parks with SciAps XRF

Diggity April 4, 2022 Academic, Environmental, Independent Studies, XRF

SciAps most recent Academic Loaner Program story comes from Rutgers University, Newark, where researchers have detected an exceedance of heavy metals in the soil of local parks. Dr. Ashaki Rouff, an associate professor, and Suah Yekeh, a second year Ph.D. ...

SciAps Z-903 LIBS in Mars simulation

pauline January 7, 2022 Academic, Geochemistry, LIBS, News & Press

Mission MDRU Supaero Crew 263 to use SciAps Z-903 for geochemistry analysis A team of French scientists are using SciAps Z-903 LIBS for a Mars exploration simulation. The project takes place this February in a confinement simulation at the Mars ...

Finding a LIBS method for improved plant nutrition in grape production

Diggity December 1, 2021 Academic, Food and Ag, Independent Studies, LIBS, News & Press

Assessing plant nutrients, quickly and in the vineyard, would improve fertilization decisions for the table grape industry all over the world. Introduction SciAps handheld LIBS instruments are being used in Germany to investigate critical elemental in-field analysis in agricultural soil ...

Handheld LIBS – The latest success story in portable analytical instrumentation

Diggity September 27, 2021 Academic, Environmental, Food and Ag, Geochemistry, LIBS, News & Press, REE and Strategic Metals

LIBS technology has migrated from an obscure laboratory analysis method to a mainstream field analytical technique in recent years. Read "Handheld LIBS – The latest success story in portable analytical instrumentation" by Don Sackett, SciAps CEO, in the recent edition ...

In-field chemistry everywhere with handheld LIBS

Diggity August 31, 2021 Academic, Environmental, Geochemistry, LIBS

Russell Harmon, Ph.D., adjunct associate professor, Department of Marine, Earth, & Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University Russell Harmon: A vision for the future of LIBS SciAps debuted the world’s first truly portable handheld only a few years ago, but ...

SciAps LIBS helps scientists prepare for Mars

Diggity August 20, 2021 Academic, Geochemistry, LIBS, News & Press

SciAps Z-903 LIBS analyzer joins Hawai‘i Space Exploration Analog and Simulation with scientist Sarafina Nance on their Mars simulation mission August 13-27, 2021. For updates on the mission in real time, follow @HI-SEAS on Twitter. HI-SEAS is a Mars and ...

Application of Handheld LIBS to Quantitative Analysis of Carbonate Minerals

Diggity July 1, 2021 Academic, Geochemistry, Independent Studies, LIBS, News & Press

Presented at International Online Meeting on Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (IOMLIBS), July 2020. Authors: Yonghwi Kim, University of Lorraine; Cécile Fabre, University of Lorraine; Jean Cauzid, University of Lorraine Handheld LIBS is effectively applicable for in-field determination of carbonates and ...

Analyses of Li-Rich Minerals Using Handheld LIBS

Diggity July 1, 2021 Academic, Geochemistry, Independent Studies, LIBS, News & Press

Publication: Cécile Fabre, Nour Eddine Ourti, Julien Mercadier, Joana Cardoso-Fernandes, Filipa Dias, Mônica Perrotta, Friederike Koerting, Alexandre Lima, Friederike Kaestner, Nicole Koellner, Robert Linnen, David Benn, Tania Martins and Jean Cauzid. “Analyses of Li-Rich Minerals Using Handheld LIBS Tool,” Data. ...

Investigation of handheld LIBS in terms of heavy metal detection in contaminated soil

Diggity July 1, 2021 Academic, Environmental, Independent Studies, LIBS, News & Press

Study presented to Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Continental Environments, September 2020. Authors: Mehran Movahedrad, LafargeHolcim, Lyon, France; Cécile Fabre, University of Lorraine SciAps LIBS was used to perform heavy metals analysis in contaminated soil. Handheld LIBS simplifies the necessary qualitative and ...

Making a case for handheld LIBS in mineral exploration

Diggity June 19, 2021 Academic, Geochemistry, Independent Studies, LIBS, News & Press

Recent studies with Dr. Cécile Fabre Dr. Cécile Fabre, assistant professor at GeoRessources lab, is head of the Earth Sciences Department of Université de Lorraine and responsible for Master of Geosciences. She has been working on LIBS applications for mineral ...