Photoluminescent detection of dissolved underwater trace explosives

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages 546-562

  Langston, Tye ^a,b  

^a Florida Atlantic University   (United States)

^b NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

1; 10 phenanthroline; Coastal security; Europium; Explosive detection; Explosives; Lanthanide; Nitroglycerin; Thenoyltrifluoroacetone

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; EUROPIUM; EXPLOSIVE; FRESH WATER; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; SEA WATER; THENOYLTRIFLUOROACETONE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FLUORESCENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LABORATORY; MOLECULE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; VIBRATION;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; FLUORESCENCE; FRESH WATER; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 77952833866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2010.41     Document Type: Article

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