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Edited By
Maurice Marshall, Energetics Consultant, Defence Science and Technology Laboratories, Fort Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent, UK
Jimmie Oxley, Professor of Chemistry, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, USA
Description
Detection and quantification of trace chemicals is a major thrust of analytical chemistry. In recent years much effort has been spent
developing detection systems for priority pollutants. Less mature are the detections of substances of interest to law enforcement and
security personnel:in particular explosives. This volume will discuss the detection of these, not only setting out the theoretical fundamentals,
but also emphasizing the remarkable developments in the last decade. Terrorist events?airplanes blown out of the sky (PanAm 103 over
Lockerbie) and attacks on U.S. and European cities (Trade Center in New York and the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, railways
in London and Madrid)--emphasize the danger of concealed explosives. However, since most explosives release little vapor, it was not
possible to detect them by technology used on most organic substances. After PanAm 103 was downed over Scotland, the U.S. Congress requested
automatic explosive detection equipment be placed in airports. This volume outlines the history of explosive detection research, the
developments along the way, present day technologies, and what we think the future holds.
Audience
- Researchers
- Government
- Police & Forensic
- Security specialists
Contents
1. The Detection Problem
M. Marshall and J.C. Oxley
2. Explosives - The Threat Materials
M. Marshall and J.C. Oxley
3. Detection
of Explosives by Dogs
J.C. Oxley and L.P. Waggoner
4. Colorimetric Detection of Explosives
J. Almog and S. Zitrin
5. Nuclear Technologies
P. J. Griffin
6. X-ray Technologies
R. F. Eilbert
7. CT Technologies
Richard C. Smith and James M. Connelly
8. Analysis and Detection
of Explosives b Mass Spectrometry
Jehuda Yinon
9. Advances in Ion Mobility Spectrometry of Explosives
G.A. Eiceman and H. Schmidt
10. Detection of Explosives Using Amplified Fluorescent Polymers
Samuel W. Thomas III and Timothy M. Swager
11. Post-Blast Detection
Issues
M. Marshall
12. Constitutional Aspects of Search and Seizure:
Gil Sapir and Mark Giangrande
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 302 pages, publication date: NOV-2008
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-374533-0
Imprint: ELSEVIER
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