A portable device for fast analysis of explosives in the environment

Journal of Chromatography A

Volumn 1388, Issue , 2015, Pages 167-173

  Čapka, Lukáš ^a   Večeřa, Zbyněk ^a   Mikuška, Pavel ^a   Šesták, Jozef ^a   Kahle, Vladislav ^a   Bumbová, Alena ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Analysis of explosives; Chemiluminescence detector; Microcolumn liquid chromatography; Portable device

Indexed keywords

CHEMILUMINESCENCE; EXPLOSIVES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT;

CHEMILUMINESCENCE DETECTORS; CONTINUOUS OPERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; LIMITS OF DETECTION; MICROCOLUMN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHOTOLYTIC CONVERTERS; PORTABLE DEVICE; TRACE CONCENTRATIONS;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

EXPLOSIVE; NITRATE; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; NITRAMINE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROBENZENE DERIVATIVE; PEROXYNITROUS ACID; SOIL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMILUMINESCENCE ANALYZER; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPH; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; PHOTOLYTIC CONVERTER; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; POWER SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOIL; WATER SAMPLING; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LUMINESCENCE; PROCEDURES;

ANILINE COMPOUNDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; NITRATES; NITROBENZENES; PEROXYNITROUS ACID; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SOIL; WATER;

EID: 84924292997     PISSN: 00219673     EISSN: 18733778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2015.02.041     Document Type: Article

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