| Authors: | Harmon, R. S. (Russell S.) Hark, Richard R. Throckmorton, Chandra S. Plumer, John R. Hendrickx, Jan M. H., 1948- Harrison, J. B. J. (James Bruce Jeffers) Harmon, Karen A. |
| Keywords: | Scientific apparatus and instruments Chemistry, Analytic Soils–Testing X-ray spectroscopy Raman spectroscopy Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy |
| Issue Date: | Sep-2020 |
| Publisher: | Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.) Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.) |
| Series/Report no.: | Contract Report (Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.)) ; no. ERDC/CRREL CR-20-1 |
| Abstract: | An 18-month multidisciplinary project was undertaken by JRPlumer & Associates, LLC and four subcontractors that had three technical objectives: (i) to upgrade current handheld technology for chemical analysis by X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRFS), Raman spectros-copy (RS), and laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS); (ii) to design a multisensor system based on these technologies for the rapid, in-situ chemical analysis of soils and other materials of military interest; and (iii) to investigate the classification/discrimination perfor-mance benefit that might be achieved through advanced signal pre-processing and data fusion with XRFS, RS, and LIBS analyses acquired for four suites of natural soils. Accomplishments of the program in the latter area are described in this report. |
| Description: | Contract Report |
| Gov’t Doc #: | ERDC/CRREL CR-20-1 |
