Research Article

Quantitative Classification of Quartz by Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy in Conjunction with Discriminant Function Analysis

Table 2

The first 4 canonical discriminant functions used in the analysis.

Function Eigenvalue% of variance Cumulative % Canonical correlation

172.92356.856.80.993
247.80437.294.00.990
37.6416.0100.00.940
40.0480.0100.00.215