In situ detection of trinitrotoluene and other nitrated explosives in soils

Analytica Chimica Acta

Volumn 341, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-71

  Buttner, William J ^a,c   Findlay, Melvin ^a   Vickers, William ^a,d   Davis, William M ^b   Cespedes, Ernesto R ^b   Cooper, Stafford ^b   Adams, Jane W ^b  

^a Transducer Research Inc   (United States)

^b WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION   (United States)

^c TSI INCORPORATED   (United States)

^d NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amperometric sensors; Amperometry; Electrochemical sensors; Environmental sensors; Explosives; HMX; RDX; Soils; Thermal decomposition; TNT; Trinitrotoluene

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRINITROTOLUENE;

AMPEROMETRY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL WASTE; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SENSOR; SOIL POLLUTION; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030974889     PISSN: 00032670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-2670(96)00507-7     Document Type: Article

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