Hodyss, Robert and Beauchamp, J. L. (2005) Multidimensional Detection of Nitroorganic Explosives by Gas Chromatography-Pyrolysis-Ultraviolet Detection. Analytical Chemistry, 77 (11). pp. 3607-3610. ISSN 0003-2700. doi:10.1021/ac050308e. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20160817-162944799
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Abstract
We describe a new methodology for the trace detection of organic explosives containing nitro functionalities. Conventional gas chromatography separates the components of an explosive mixture. Effluent from the gas chromatograph is pyrolyzed by passage over a heated Nichrome wire. Nitric oxide produced on pyrolysis of a nitroorganic compound is then detected by ultraviolet absorption spectroscopy between 180 and 240 nm, using a deuterium lamp as the light source. Nitric oxide exhibits a sharply banded, characteristic spectrum in this region, enabling detection of nitroorganics. The system is tested using the explosive simulants nitrobenzene and 2,4-dinitrotoluene, and with the nitramine explosive tetryl. Detection limits are 25 ng for nitrobenzene and 50 ng for 2,4-dinitrotoluene. Tetryl is detected with a detection limit of 50 ng. The system is both easy to implement and could be built as a compact, low-power device.
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| Additional Information: | © 2005 American Chemical Society. Received 18 February 2005; accepted 25 March 2005; published online 15 April 2005; published in print 1 June 2005. We gratefully recognize the support of the Director's Research and Development Fund at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. | ||||||
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| Issue or Number: | 11 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1021/ac050308e | ||||||
| Record Number: | CaltechAUTHORS:20160817-162944799 | ||||||
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| Official Citation: | Hodyss, R., & Beauchamp, J. L. (2005). Multidimensional Detection of Nitroorganic Explosives by Gas Chromatography-Pyrolysis-Ultraviolet Detection. Analytical Chemistry, 77(11), 3607-3610. doi:10.1021/ac050308e | ||||||
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| Deposited By: | Melissa Ray | ||||||
| Deposited On: | 18 Aug 2016 16:09 | ||||||
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