Design, Development, and Performance of a Fieldable Chemical and Biological Agent Detector

Field Analytical Chemistry and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 93-110

  Hart, Kevin J ^a   Wise, Marcus B ^a   Griest, Wayne H ^a   Lammert, Stephen A ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol detection; Biological agents; Chemical agents; Fieldable mass spectrometer; Ion trap; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034378716     PISSN: 1086900X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6521(2000)4:2/3<93::AID-FACT4>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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