High-throughput walkthrough detection portal as a measure for counter terrorism: Design of a vapor sampler for detecting triacetone triperoxide vapor by atmospheric-pressure chemical-ionization ion-trap mass spectrometry

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1673-1680

  Takada, Yasuaki ^a   Suzuki, Yasutaka ^a   Nagano, Hisashi ^a   Sugiyama, Masuyuki ^a   Nakajima, Eri ^a   Sugaya, Masakazu ^a   Hashimoto, Yuichiro ^a   Sakairi, Minoru ^a  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Homeland security; improvised explosives; mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

A-TRAIN; AIR FLOW; AUTOMATED TICKET GATES; COUNTER TERRORISM; EXPLOSIVES DETECTOR; FIELD TEST; HIGH THROUGHPUT; HIGH-THROUGHPUT DETECTION; HOME LAND SECURITY; IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVES; INFLAMMABLE LIQUIDS; ION-TRAP MASS SPECTROMETRY; TERRORIST ATTACKS; TRIACETONE TRIPEROXIDE; WALKTHROUGHS;

ACETONE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; CHEMICAL DETECTION; DETECTORS; ION SOURCES; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TERRORISM;

VAPORS;

EID: 84860527744     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2011.2176929     Document Type: Article

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