Laser ablation
From Mass Spec Terms
| IUPAC RECOMMENDATIONS 2013 | 
| Laser ablation | 
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| Removal of material from a solid or liquid sample using energy delivered by a short laser pulse to form gas-phase species and particles. | 
| Related Term(s): laser desorption | 
| Reference(s): R. E. Russo. Appl. Spectrosc. 49, 14A (1995). (http://dx.doi.org/10.1366/0003702953965399 ) | 
| From Definitions of Terms Relating to Mass Spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013); DOI: 10.1351/PAC-REC-06-04-06 © IUPAC 2013. | 
