Novel technique for the combined recovery, extraction and clean-up of forensic organic and inorganic trace explosives samples

Science and Justice - Journal of the Forensic Science Society

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-18

  Warren, D ^a   Hiley, R W ^a   Phillips, S A ^a   Ritchie, K ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capillary electrophoresis; Combined clean up; Explosives traces; Forensic science; Gas chromatography; Ion chromatography; Thermal energy analyser

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ACRYLONITRILE; ALCOHOL; EXPLOSIVE; FLUORIDE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHOSPHATE; POLYSTYRENE; SUGAR; WATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; EXTRACTION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0032969523     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-0306(99)72009-5     Document Type: Article

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