A field-portable ion trap for the detection of chemical weapons compounds
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States); and others
The pending ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention Treaty imposes the almost immediate requirement of on-site inspections of chemical facilities worldwide. In support of this activity, the Defense Nuclear Agency has tasked Edgewood Research Development and Engineering Center (ERDEC) to develop a small, field portable mass spectrometer (the {open_quotes}Generic Detector{close_quotes}) which is capable of unambiguous detection of chemical warfare agents and their associated precursors and by-products. Concerns by the chemical industry as to the disclosure of proprietary information necessitates the development of instruments which are specific only to the targeted compounds while remaining blind to proprietary compounds not covered by the treaty. Ion trap MS/MS, with its combination of high sensitivity and selectivity is uniquely suited for this role.
- OSTI ID:
- 210724
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9505261-; TRN: 96:001157-0163
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 43. American Society of Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) conference on mass spectrometry and allied topics, Atlanta, GA (United States), 21-26 May 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the 43rd ASMS conference on mass spectrometry and allied topics; PB: 1411 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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