In Situ Explosive Detection Using a Miniature Plasma Ion Source and a Portable Mass Spectrometer

Analytical Letters

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1440-1446

  Dalgleish, Jon K ^a   Hou, Keyong ^a   Ouyang, Zheng ^b   Cooks, R Graham ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient ionization; Explosives; Low temperature plasma; Miniature mass spectrometer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864719172     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2012.675485     Document Type: Article

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