Highly sensitive screening method for nitroaromatic, nitramine and nitrate ester explosives by high performance liquid chromatography-atmospheric pressure ionization-mass spectrometry (HPLC-API-MS) in forensic applications

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1171-1180

  Xu, Xiaoma ^a,b   Van De Craats, Anick M ^a   De Bruyn, Peter C A M ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS FORENSIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization; Electrospray ionization; Explosives; Forensic science; High performance liquid chromatography atmospheric pressure ionization mass spectrometry; Nitramines; Nitroaromatics; Post explosion residues; Screening method

Indexed keywords

1,2 DINITROBENZENE; 1,3 DINITROBENZENE; 1,3,5,7 TETRANITRO 1,3,5,7 TETRAAZACYCLOOCTANE; 1,4 DINITROBENZENE; 2 NITROTOLUENE; 2,4 DINITROTOLUENE; 2,4,6 N TETRANITRO N METHYLANILINE; 2,6 DINITROTOLUENE; 3 NITROTOLUENE; 3,4 DINITROTOLUENE; 4 NITROTOLUENE; CYCLONITE; DIETHYLENE GLYCOL DINITRATE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DINITRATE; EXPLOSIVE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; GLYCINE; HEXANITROHEXAAZAISOWURTZITANE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROBENZENE DERIVATIVE; PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRANITRATE; PICRIC ACID; TRINITROBENZENE; TRINITROTOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ELECTROSPRAY; EXPLOSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 7544228591     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2003279     Document Type: Article

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