An FT-IR point sensor for identifying chemical WMD and hazardous materials

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5269, Issue , 2004, Pages 143-149

  Norman, Mark L ^a   Gagnon, Aaron M ^a   Reffner, John A ^a   Schiering, David W ^a   Allen, Jeffrey D ^b  

^a SensIR Technologies   (United States)

^b 4th WMD CST ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical; FT IR; HazMat; Identify; Infrared; Portable; Spectrometer; WMD

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CHEMICAL WARFARE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; INTERFEROMETERS; LITHIUM BATTERIES; SPECTROMETERS;

ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTION (ATR); HAZMAT; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE); PORTABLE SYSTEMS; SAMPLE IDENTIFICATION; WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION (WMD);

SENSORS;

EID: 2442419712     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.515881     Document Type: Conference Paper

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