Detection and characterization of smokeless powders with ion mobility spectrometry

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5778, Issue PART II, 2005, Pages 607-616

  Hernández, Neiza M ^a   Rosario, Santa V ^a   Hernández, Samuel P ^a   Mina, Nairmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

IMS; Smokeless powders; Trace detection

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; DESORPTION; EXPLOSIVES; IONS; PROPELLANTS; SPECTROMETRY;

IMS; ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY; SMOKELESS POWDERS; TRACE DETECTION;

POWDERS;

EID: 26444439128     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.602803     Document Type: Conference Paper

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