Determination of the nitrogen content of nitrocellulose from smokeless gunpowders and collodions by alkaline hydrolysis and ion chromatography

Analytica Chimica Acta

Volumn 685, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 196-203

  Lopez Lopez, Maria ^a   Alegre, Jose Maria Ramiro ^a,b   Garcia Ruiz, Carmen ^a   Torre, Mercedes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b Criminalistic Service of Guardia Civil   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alkaline hydrolysis; Gunpowder; Ion chromatography; Nitrocellulose; Nitrogen content

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS; ANALYSIS TIME; BASIC HYDROLYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC SEPARATIONS; CONDUCTIMETRIC DETECTION; GUNPOWDER; LIMITS OF DETECTION; NITRITE ION; NITRO GROUP; NITROGEN CONTENT; NOT GIVEN; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; RESEARCH GROUPS;

CHROMATOGRAPHY; ERRORS; EXPLOSIVES; GUNS (ARMAMENT); HYDROLYSIS; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONS; NITROGEN; OPTIMIZATION; POWDERS;

NITROCELLULOSE;

ION; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; PYROXYLIN;

ACCURACY; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDUCTOMETRY; DIGESTION; HYDROLYSIS; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKELESS GUNPOWDER; TITRIMETRY; VALIDITY;

EID: 78650176779     PISSN: 00032670     EISSN: 18734324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2010.11.022     Document Type: Article

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