Trace analysis of urea nitrate by liquid chromatography-UV/fluorescence

Forensic Science International

Volumn 211, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 76-82

  de Perre, Chloé ^a   McCord, Bruce ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Explosives; Fluorescence; HPLC; Trace levels; Urea nitrate; UV

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE; EXPLOSIVE; FLUOROPHORE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA DERIVATIVE; UREA NITRATE; URONIUM ION; XANTHYDROL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERIVATIZATION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION PAIR EXTRACTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; URINE; WINE;

EID: 79960631406     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.04.021     Document Type: Article

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