Post-blast detection of traces of explosives by means of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

Vibrational Spectroscopy

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 168-176

  Banas, A ^a   Banas, K ^a   Bahou, M ^a   Moser, H O ^a   Wen, L ^a   Yang, P ^a   Li, Z J ^a   Cholewa, M ^a   Lim, S K ^b   Lim, Ch H ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Forensic Management Branch   (Singapore)

^c Advanced Material Engineering Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

Author keywords

High explosives; Infrared spectroscopy; Post blast residues; Propellant; Sample catchers; Synchrotron radiation

Indexed keywords

BEAM LINES; ENERGETIC MATERIAL; EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH EXPLOSIVES; HIGH-STRENGTH; INFRARED SOURCE; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; POST-BLAST RESIDUES; SAMPLE CATCHERS; SENSITIVE METHOD; SINGAPORE SYNCHROTRON LIGHT SOURCES; SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS; SYNCHROTRON INFRARED RADIATION; UNREACTED EXPLOSIVES;

DEBRIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; EXPLOSIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT SOURCES; NITRATION; PROPELLANTS; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNCHROTRONS;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 70350569354     PISSN: 09242031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vibspec.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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