Recovery and detection of urea nitrate in traces

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1284-1290

  Almog, Joseph ^a   Burda, Gila ^a   Shloosh, Yael ^b   Abramovich Bar, Sara ^b   Wolf, Ehud ^b   Tamiri, Tsippy ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Israel Police   (Israel)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization; Chromatography; Forensic science; Improvised explosives; Liquid chromatography mass spectrometry; Postexplosion; Recovery; Urea nitrate

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; EXPLOSIVE; NITRATE; PROTON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; UREA NITRATE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DECOMPOSITION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERRORISM; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 36949001108     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00551.x     Document Type: Article

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