Investigation of the osteitis deformans phases in snake vertebrae by double-pulse laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

• Authors: GALIOVÁ Michaela; KAISER Jozef; NOVOTNÝ Karel; IVANOV Martin; NÝVLTOVÁ FIŠÁKOVÁ Miriam; MANCINI Lucia; TROMBA Giuliana; VACULOVIČ Tomáš; LIŠKA Miroslav; KANICKÝ Viktor
• Year of publication: 2010
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00216-010-3976-1
• Field: Analytic chemistry
• Keywords: Laser ablation; LIBS; Mapping; X-ray microtomography; Fossil; Snake vertebra
• Description: Double-pulse laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (DP-LIBS) was optimized for microspatial analyses of fossil and recent snake vertebrae. As complimentary techniques, solution analysis by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and synchrotron radiation X-ray microtomography was utilized in order to determine the overall concentration of the selected elements in the samples and to visualize nondestructively the fossil sample microstructure,respectively. Elemental mapping of pathological bony tissue by DP-LIBS has been proven as a powerful tool for considering the osteitis deformans phases in fossil vertebrae.

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