Raman Spectroscopic Studies of Explosives and Precursors: Applications and Instrumentation

Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy in Forensic Science

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 251-273

  Lewis, Mary L ^a   Lewis, Ian R ^a   Griffiths, Peter R ^b  

^a Kaiser Optical Systems Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Combination of techniques, explosive detection problems, optimal manner; Explosives, of a fuel and oxidiser, chemical change liberating heat and gas; FT Raman spectroscopy, avoidance of fluorescence interference; Raman as "sniffer" based, a threat not observable to the eye, limited examples; Raman spectroscopic studies of explosives, applications and instrumentation; Raman spectroscopy, in explosives identification and as detection tools; Raman spectroscopy, in identifying explosives in fingerprint residues; SORS, in study of explosives and precursors; Surface enhanced Raman and SERRS, samples and deposit sample analysis; UV excitation, and enhanced sensitivity, resonance enhancement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887167688     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119962328.ch5b     Document Type: Chapter

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