Rapid and specific detection of urea nitrate and ammonium nitrate by electrospray ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry using infusion with crown ethers

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 154-162

  De Perre, Chloé ^a   Prado, Adelheid ^a   McCord, Bruce R ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROWN ETHERS; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; ETHERS; EXPLOSIVES; EXPLOSIVES DETECTION; LIGANDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; NITRATES; POSITIVE IONS; SALTS; TRACE ANALYSIS;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; CROWN-ETHERS; DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS; IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRIES; NON-AQUEOUS; RAPID DETECTION; REACTIONS IN WATER; SPECIFIC DETECTION; TRACE LEVEL; UREA NITRATE;

UREA;

EID: 83755219548     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: 10970231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.5300     Document Type: Article

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