Development of particle standards for testing explosive detection systems: Characterization of the adhesion forces between composition 4 particles and polyethylene

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2276, Issue , 1994, Pages 45-55

  Liu, B Y H ^a   Yoo, S H ^a   Davies, J P ^b   Gresham, G ^b   Hallowell, S F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WILLIAM J HUGHES TECHNICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Explosives; Fingerprints; Particles

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EXPLOSIVES; INSPECTION EQUIPMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYETHYLENES; SILICA; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VELOCITY;

ADHESION FORCES; EXPLOSIVE DETECTION SYSTEM; FINGER PRINT; FINGERPRINTS; FROSTED GLASS; GRAVITATIONAL SETTLINGS; PARTICLE STANDARDS; POLYETHYLENE FILM;

EXPLOSIVES DETECTION;

EID: 85076670555     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.189200     Document Type: Conference Paper

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