Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) to detect the light elements such as lithium (Li) and boron (B) and heavy elements such as copper (Cu) and lead (Pb) in raw fish samples is reported in this work. This is made possible by understanding that the soft target absorbs recoil energy and as a result, the ablated atoms gushing from the soft target do not acquire sufficient speed to form a shock wave. In order to overcome this problem, we set a subtarget on the back of the soft target so as to produce the repulsion force by which the gushing speed of the ablated atoms is increased, yielding a sufficiently high plasma temperature or sufficiently large thermal energy needed for the excitation of the ablated atoms. Excellent spectral qualities of various soft samples such as margarine, butter, peanut butter, strawberry jam, raw tuna, raw gindara, and raw salmon are presented. Furthermore, a linear calibration curve with a zero intercept is also obtained for Li, Cu, and Pb. The detection limit of Li, Cu, and Pb is found to be around 0.1 mg/L. This modification of LIBS for soft samples by using a subtarget effect clearly promises a rapid and in situ soft sample analysis since there is practically no sample digestion in the analysis.

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