Solution and solid trinitrotoluene (TNT) photochemistry: Persistence of TNT-like ultraviolet (UV) resonance Raman bands

Applied Spectroscopy

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-56

  Gares, Katie L ^a   Bykov, Sergei V ^a   Godugu, Bhaskar ^a   Asher, Sanford A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Energetic materials; Explosives; LCMS; Liquid chromatography mass spectrometry; Standoff detection; TNT photochemistry; Trinitrotoluene photochemistry; Ultraviolet resonance Raman spectroscopy; UVRRS

Indexed keywords

LCMS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY - MASS SPECTROMETRIES; STANDOFF DETECTION; ULTRAVIOLET RESONANCE RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; UVRRS;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; EXPLOSIVES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTOLYSIS; RESONANCE; STRETCHING;

EXPLOSIVES DETECTION;

EID: 84893069833     PISSN: 00037028     EISSN: 19433530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1366/13-07190     Document Type: Article

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