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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2002
John M. Lucas, Outremont, CA;
Mohamad Sabsabi, Boucherville, CA;
René Héon, Boucherville, CA;
National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, CA;
Noranda Inc., Pointe-Claire, CA;
Abstract
An apparatus and a method are disclosed for use with Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) systems that can be applied to the real time analysis of molten materials or liquid. Since it is difficult to prepare a surface representative of the bulk when dealing with high temperature molten material, the invention, in one aspect, uses a forced gas flow through a tube insertable inside the molten material to generate a bubble. The inner surface of the bubble is a representative of the composition of the material. LIBS performed on such a surface produces an accurate real time analysis of material, even when other processing of material, e.g., copper smelting, etc., is being conducted.