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

SciAps handhelds for cultural heritage research

Diggity January 6, 2023 Academic, Cultural Heritage, LIBS, News & Press

Quantum RX, a SciAps distributor in France, recently assisted researchers with the handheld LIBS analysis featured in the latest issue of Contrôles Essais Mesures. This is just one in a series of emerging cultural heritage applications made possible by SciAps ...

Analysis of garnet by LIBS — two practical applications

Diggity July 26, 2021 Cultural Heritage, Geochemistry, Independent Studies, LIBS, News & Press

Publication: Peter A. Defnet, Michael A. Wise, Russell S. Harmon, Richard R. Hark and Keith Hilferding. “Analysis of Garnet by Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy—Two Practical Applications,” Minerals 11, 705 (2021). This study evaluated two practical applications of handheld LIBS using SciAps ...

Invited review: “Field-portable and handheld LIBS history, status and prospects”

Diggity May 19, 2021 Cultural Heritage, Independent Studies, LIBS, News & Press

Publication: Giorgio S. Senesi, Russell S. Harmon, Richard R. Hark. Field-portable and handheld laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy: Historical review, current status and future prospects. Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 175 (2021). SciAps LIBS is included in this invited review of ...

Activating new business with handheld LIBS

Diggity January 14, 2021 Cultural Heritage, Independent Studies, LIBS

New tool, new opportunities SciAps created the world’s first handheld LIBS primarily to help the metals analysis industries more profitably verify carbon and carbon equivalents at rugged or remote job sites. But it didn’t take long for researchers around the ...

Have LIBS, will travel

Diggity November 10, 2020 Academic, Cultural Heritage, Independent Studies, LIBS, News & Press

Meet Dr. Richard Hark, synthetic organic chemist, conservation scientist and LIBS enthusiast Handheld LIBS and Dr. Richard Hark have a long relationship that reads like an adventure series, where partnership with a company like SciAps leads to unexpected places. “I ...