New protocol for the isolation of nitrocellulose from gunpowders: Utility in their identification

Talanta

Volumn 81, Issue 4-5, 2010, Pages 1742-1749

  López López, María ^a   de la Ossa, María Ángeles Fernández ^a   Galindo, Jorge Sáiz ^a   Ferrando, Jose Luis ^a,b   Vega, Alfonso ^a,c   Torre, Mercedes ^a   García Ruiz, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b Criminalistic Service of Guardia Civil   (Spain)

^c Scientific Police   (Spain)

Author keywords

FTIR; Gunpowders; HPLC; Nitration degree; Nitrocellulose; Solvent extraction

Indexed keywords

ANILINE; DICHLOROMETHANE; EXPLOSIVES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GUNS (ARMAMENT); KETONES; METHANOL; NITRATES; NITROCELLULOSE; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POWDERS; STRETCHING;

DIPHENYLAMINE DERIVATIVES; FOURIER TRANSFORMED INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FTIR; GUNPOWDERS; HPLC; METHYL ETHYL KETONES; SOLVENT EXTRACTION METHODS; STRETCHING VIBRATIONS;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

2,4-DINITROTOLUENE; CARBANILIDE DERIVATIVE; DIPHENYLAMINE; EXPLOSIVE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; KETONE; METHANOL; N,N'-DIETHYLCARBANILIDE; NITROBENZENE DERIVATIVE; PYROXYLIN; SOLVENT;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

CARBANILIDES; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COLLODION; DINITROBENZENES; DIPHENYLAMINE; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; KETONES; METHANOL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITROGLYCERIN; SOLVENTS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952106023     PISSN: 00399140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2010.03.033     Document Type: Article

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