Spectroscopic characterization of nitroaromatic landmine signature explosives

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5415, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 474-485

  Hernández Rivera, Samuel P ^a   Manrique Bastidas, César ^a   Blanco, Alejandro ^a   Primera, Oliva M ^a   Pacheco, Leonardo C ^a   Castillo, Jairo ^a   Castro, Miguel E ^a   Mina, Nairmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

DNT; Explosive Research Chemicals; Explosives; Fourier Transform Infrared Microscopy; Landmine signature explosives; Landmines; Raman Microspectroscopy; TNT

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; DIFFUSION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SOILS; VAPORS;

EXPLOSIVE RESEARCH CHEMICALS; LANDMINE SIGNATURE EXPLOSIVES; LANDMINES;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 10044247456     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.542895     Document Type: Conference Paper

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