Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for Classification of High Energy Materials using Elemental Intensity Ratios

A simple, yet efficient, methodology is proposed to classify three high energy materials (HEMs) with diverse composition using nanosecond laser induced breakdown spectroscopic data. We have calculated O/N, N/H, and O/H elemental peaks ratios using a ratiometric method. The present work describes a novel way to construct 1D, 2D, and 3D classification model using the above mentioned ratios. Multivariate statistical methods are followed for construction of the classification models. A detailed procedure for classification of three different HEMs is presented here.