Sourcing explosives: A multi-isotope approach

Science and Justice

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 62-72

  Widory, David ^a   Minet, Jean Jacques ^b   Barbe Leborgne, Martine ^b  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b LCPP   (France)

Author keywords

ANFO; Carbon isotopes; Hydrogen isotopes; Nitrogen isotopes; Oxygen isotopes; PETN; TNT

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE; CARBON 13; EXPLOSIVE; FUEL OIL; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPE; NITROGEN 15; OXYGEN 18; PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRANITRATE; TRINITROTOLUENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

CARBON ISOTOPES; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; FORENSIC SCIENCES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OXYGEN ISOTOPES;

EID: 67349272268     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scijus.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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