TY - JOUR A1 - Gehlen, C.D. A1 - Wiens, E. A1 - Noll, R. A1 - Wilsch, Gerd A1 - Reichling, K. T1 - Chlorine detection in cement with laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy in the infrared and ultraviolet spectral range JF - Spectrochimica acta B N2 - A significant parameter to monitor the status of concrete buildings like bridges or parking garages is the determination of the depth profile of the chlorine concentration below the exposed concrete surface. This information is required to define the needed volume of restoration for a construction. Conventional methods like wet chemical analysis are time- and cost-intensive so an alternative method is developed using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS). The idea is to deploy LIBS to analyze drill cores by scanning the sample surface with laser pulses. Chlorine spectral lines in the infrared (IR) and ultraviolet (UV)-range were studied for chlorine detection in hydrated cement samples. The excitation energies of these spectral lines are above 9.2 eV. Hence high plasma temperatures and pulse energies in the range of some hundred millijoules are needed to induce sufficient line intensity levels at the required working distance. To further increase the line intensity and to lower the detection limit (LOD) of chlorine a measuring chamber is used where different ambient pressures and gases can be chosen for the measurements. The influences on the line intensity for pressures between 5 mbar and 400 mbar using helium as process gas and the influence of different laser burst modi like single and collinear double pulses are investigated. For the first time a LOD according to DIN 32 645 of 0.1 mass% was achieved for chlorine in hydrated cement using the UV line 134.72 nm. KW - Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy KW - LIBS KW - Hydrated cement KW - Chlorine KW - Limit of detection PY - 2009 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2009.07.021 SN - 0584-8547 SN - 0038-6987 VL - 64 IS - 10 SP - 1135 EP - 1140 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-20500 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Bruns, M. A1 - Raupach, M. A1 - Balzer, H. A1 - Gehlen, D. A1 - Noll, R. A1 - Wilsch, Gerd A1 - Taffe, Alexander ED - Susanne Gieler-Breßmer, T1 - Bildgebende Laseranalyse der Chlorid- und Sulfatverteilung in Beton T2 - 3. Kolloquium Verkehrsbauten - Schwerpunkt Parkhäuser/Brücken, 29.- 30.1.2008, Ostfildern T2 - 3. Kolloquium Verkehrsbauten - Schwerpunkt Parkhäuser/Brücken CY - Ostfildern, Deutschland DA - 2008-01-29 KW - LIBS KW - Beton KW - Alkali-Kieselsäure Reaktion KW - Tausalz KW - Ionen Transport PY - 2008 SN - 3-924813-72-8 IS - Tagungshandbuch 2008 SP - 1 EP - 6 AN - OPUS4-18654 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -