Development of an ion mobility spectrometer for detection of explosives

Instrumentation Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 96-108

  Sivakumar, N ^a   Joseph, M ^a   Manoravi, P ^a   Vasudeva Rao, P R ^a   Raj, Baldev ^b  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b PSG Institute of Pulmonary Medicine   (India)

Author keywords

explosives; ion mobility spectrometer; PETN; TDX; TNT

Indexed keywords

2 ,4 ,6-TRINITROTOLUENE; ANALYTICAL TOOL; CYCLOTRIMETHYLENE TRINITRAMINE; DETECTION OF EXPLOSIVES; INITIAL DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION STUDIES; OPTIMIZED GEOMETRIES; PENTAERYTHRITOL TETRANITRATE; PETN; TDX; TNT;

EXPLOSIVES DETECTION; ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETERS; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 84873693805     PISSN: 10739149     EISSN: 15256030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10739149.2012.721109     Document Type: Article

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