Time-of-flight mass spectroscopy measurements of TNT and RDX on soil surfaces

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5794, Issue PART II, 2005, Pages 803-811

  Osorio, Celia ^a   Gomez, Lewis Mortimer ^a   Hernandez, Samuel P ^a   Castro, Miguel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Femtosecond laser mass spectroscopy; Photochemistry; QMS (Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry); RDX; Time of flight; TNT

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVES; KINETIC ENERGY; LASER PULSES; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SOILS;

FEMTOSECOND LASER MASS SPECTROSCOPY; QMS (QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETRY); RDX; TIME -OF-FLIGHT; TNT;

MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 26844526327     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.603925     Document Type: Conference Paper

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