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Effect of membrane properties on the odor emanating from training aids for explosive-detecting canines
Canines are widely used for real-time detection of explosives and have proven to be on par with instrumental methods. Canines are thought to rely...
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A selective and stepwise aggregation of a new fluorescent probe for dinitrate explosive differentiation by self-adaptive host-guest interaction
Nitrate explosive is hard to detect due to lack of aromatic ring and weak interaction with fluorescence probe. More challenging is even to...
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Theoretical study on the mechanisms of the decomposition of nitrate esters and the stabilization of aromatic amines
The nitrate esters are important components of double-base propellants. Aromatic amines are recommended as the stabilizers to delay the decomposition...
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Paper spray ionization–high-resolution mass spectrometry (PSI-HRMS) of peroxide explosives in biological matrices
Mitigation of the peroxide explosive threat, specifically triacetone triperoxide (TATP) and hexamethylene triperoxide diamine (HMTD), is a priority...
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Advances in the Analysis of Explosives
During last decades, the forensic opportunity to detect and identify explosives became more and more important both to protect the safety of citizens...
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Introduction to the Forensic Analysis of Intact Explosives
This introduction to the forensic analysis of intact explosives will give the reader a fundamental understanding of the different classes and types...
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Explosive Analysis: Introduction to Post-Blast Analysis
The job of the forensic chemist in post-blast analysis is to look for the presence of explosive residues by conducting a visual examination and...
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Bridging Explosives and Fire Debris Analyses
Forensic laboratories occasionally receive cases that require both fire debris and explosive expertise to examine the evidence. Other times, cases do...
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Compatibility of nitrocellulose with aniline-based compounds and their eutectic mixtures
Recently, both aniline-based compounds and their eutectic composition were found to be efficient stabilizers for nitrocellulose-based propellants. In...
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Modern technologies for detection and identification of explosive agents and devices
The physical principles and most effective modern technologies for detecting and identifying explosive agents and devices and the analytical...
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Infrared spectroscopy of ICAO taggants
The IR absorption spectra of the ICAO taggants, ethylene glycol dinitrate (EGDN), o -mononitrotoluene (2-NT), p -mononitrotoluene (4-NT) and...
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Mobility Peak Tailing Reduction in a Differential Mobility Analyzer (DMA) Coupled with a Mass Spectrometer and Several Ionization Sources
The differential mobility analyzer (DMA) is a narrow-band linear ion mobility filter operating at atmospheric pressure. It combines in series with a...
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Dinitrate Ester
With the rapid development of explosive and propellant industries, the performance shortcomings of nitroglycerin as raw material and application...
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The correlations among detonation velocity, heat of combustion, thermal stability and decomposition kinetics of nitric esters
In this paper, the thermal stability and decomposition kinetics of 10 nitric esters including nitroglycerine (NG), pentaerythritol tetranitrate...
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A fast method for monitoring of organic explosives in soil: a gas temperature gradient approach in LC–APCI/MS/MS
A novel, fast liquid chromatography atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry (LC–APCI–MS/MS) screening method was developed to...
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Electrical, electrochemical, and thermometric sensors for the detection of explosives
The main analytical characteristics of electrical, electrochemical, and thermometric sensors in the detection of vapors and traces of explosives and...
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Chemical Explosives
While the field of commercial explosives appears on the surface to be relatively mature, there continue to be notable innovations in formulations,...
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Overcoming Selectivity and Sensitivity Issues of Direct Inject Electrospray Mass Spectrometry via DAPNe-NSI-MS
Direct inject electrospray mass spectrometry offers minimal sample preparation and a “shotgun” approach to analyzing samples. However, complex matrix...
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Scaling up the Throughput of Synthesis and Extraction in Droplet Microfluidic Reactors
Conducting reactions in droplets in microfluidic chips offers several highly attractive characteristics, among others, increased yield and...
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“Fooling fido”—chemical and behavioral studies of pseudo-explosive canine training aids
Genuine explosive materials are traditionally employed in the training and testing of explosive-detecting canines so that they will respond reliably...
