Determination of inorganic improvised explosive device signatures using laser electrospray mass spectrometry detection with offline classification |
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Authors: | Flanigan Paul M Brady John J Judge Elizabeth J Levis Robert J |
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Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, United States. |
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Abstract: | The mass spectral detection of low vapor pressure, inorganic-based explosive signatures including ammonium nitrate, chlorate, perchlorate, sugar, and the constituents contained within black powder are reported using laser electrospray mass spectrometry. The ambient pressure mass spectrometry technique combining nonresonant, femtosecond laser vaporization with electrospray postionization revealed primary and secondary signatures for trace quantities of inorganic explosives. A mixture of complexation agents in the electrospray solvent enabled the simultaneous detection of vaporized cations, anions, and neutrals in a single measurement. An offline classifier discriminated the inorganic-based explosives based on the mass spectral signatures resulting in high fidelity identification. |
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