Production of the NO photofragment in the desorption of RDX and HMX from surfaces

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 74-81

  White, Jason D ^a   Akin, F Ahu ^a,b   Oser, Harald ^a,c   Crosley, David R ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESORPTION; EXPLOSIVES; EXPLOSIVES DETECTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITRATION;

FEMTO-SECOND LASER; FREQUENCY-DOUBLED ND:YAG LASER; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; LASER POWER; LOW VAPOR PRESSURES; PHOTOFRAGMENTATION; PHOTOFRAGMENTS; REMOTE DETECTION; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 78650957649     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.000074     Document Type: Article

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