Use of fiber optic coupled FT-IR in detection of explosives on surfaces

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5403, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 237-245

  Primera Pedrozo, Oliva M ^a   Pacheco Londoño, Leonardo ^a   De La Torre Quintana, Luis F ^a   Hernández Rivera, Samuel P ^a   Chamberlain, R T ^b   Lareau, Richard T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b WILLIAM J HUGHES TECHNICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemometrics; Fiber optic; Grazing angle; TATP

Indexed keywords

CHEMOMETRICS; GRAZING ANGLE; THERMOLYSIS; TRIACETONE TRIPEROXIDE (TATP);

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FIBER OPTICS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IONIZATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; METHANE; NITROGEN; PYROLYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STAINLESS STEEL;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 10044296258     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.542812     Document Type: Conference Paper

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