摘要
Aqueous ruthenium was detected in real-time under ambient conditions using microwaveassisted laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy(MW-LIBS).A 10 mJ laser energy and 750 W microwave power were directed at an open liquid jet sample of ruthenium.It was observed that,for liquid flow,the coupling efficiency between the microwave and the laser-induced plasma was limited to 43%.The improvement in the ruthenium’s signal-to-noise ratio with MW-LIBS,with respect to LIBS,was 76-fold.Based on MW-LIBS,the limit of detection for aqueous ruthenium was determined to be 957±84 ppb.
