Title: laser micro emission spectroscopy
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - laser micro emission spectroscopy
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.L03473
Status: current

Definition
Any technique in which a specimen is bombarded with a finely focused laser beam (diameter less than \(10\ \unicode[Times]{x3BC}\rm{m}\)) in the ultraviolet or visible range under conditions of vapourization and thermal excitation of electronic states of sample material and in which the photon emission spectrum is observed.

Related Terms
- emission spectrum: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/E02060
- laser: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/L03459
- ultraviolet: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/UT07492
- visible: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/VT07496

Source
- Orange Book, 2nd ed., p. 250 (https://media.iupac.org/publications/analytical_compendium/)

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Citation: Citation: 'laser micro emission spectroscopy' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.L03473
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