Identification and determination of trinitrotoluenes and their degradation products using liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

International Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 291, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 133-139

  Bečanová, Jitka ^a   Friedl, Zdeněk ^b   Šimek, Zdeněk ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Degradation products; Explosives; HPLC ESI MS MS; Trinitrotoluene (TNT)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949263016     PISSN: 13873806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2010.01.016     Document Type: Article

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