TY - JOUR ID - TI - Using Laser - induced breakdown spectroscopy system to determine the fertility of middle Iraqi soil AU - Ali H. Khidhir AU - Mohammed A. Hameed PY - 2018 VL - 59 IS - 4B SP - 2012 EP - 2019 JO - Iraqi Journal of Science المجلة العراقية للعلوم SN - 00672904 23121637 AB - In this work, different soil samples were brought to study and analyse the element concentrations from different middle regions of Iraq (such as, Habbaniah, Garmah, Fallujah, and Tarmiah cities). Using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) has been documented as an atomic emission spectroscopy (AES) technique. Laser-induced plasma utilized to analyse elements in materials (gases, liquids, and solids) in order to analyse elements in materials (gases, liquids and solid). The Nd:YAG laser excitation source at 1064nm with pulse width and pulse duration of 9ns is used to generate power density of 5.5 x 1012 MW/mm2, with optical spectrum in the range 320 -740 nm. The soils of Habbaniyah and Garmah cities features have small concentrations of P II (0.08 a.u), K II (0.01 a.u), SiII (0.004 a.u) and Ca II (0.04 a.u) elements. However, the Fallujah city features have a good concentration of Ca II (0.14a.u). It is concluded that the soil in Fallujah city is better than Habbaniah, Tarmiah and Garmah cities of concentration elements.

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