skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: System for analysis of explosives

Patent ·
OSTI ID:993134

A system for analysis of explosives. Samples are spotted on a thin layer chromatography plate. Multi-component explosives standards are spotted on the thin layer chromatography plate. The thin layer chromatography plate is dipped in a solvent mixture and chromatography is allowed to proceed. The thin layer chromatography plate is dipped in reagent 1. The thin layer chromatography plate is heated. The thin layer chromatography plate is dipped in reagent 2.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
Assignee:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)
Patent Number(s):
7,745,227
Application Number:
10/915,973
OSTI ID:
993134
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (14)

Trace analysis of explosives and firearm discharge residues in the metropolitan police forensic science laboratory journal January 1986
Field sampling and selecting on-site analytical methods for explosives in soil report December 1996
Analysis of Explosives and Explosive Residues. Part 1: Chemical Tests journal January 1975
Gunshot Residue Analysis—A Review journal July 1997
Detection of Microgram Amounts of Nitroglycerin and Related Compounds journal October 1967
Thermal Analysis book January 1981
Portable instrumentation: new weapons in the war against drugs and terrorism conference March 1994
The Persistence of Military Explosives on Hands journal January 1984
The chemistry of death by gunshot journal March 1994
Transfer of Nitroglycerine to Hands during Contact with Commercial Explosives journal October 1982
Kinetics and mechanisms of the Griess reaction journal August 1979
Development of field screening methods for TNT, 2,4-DNT and RDX in soil journal April 1992
Investigations of Thin Layer Chromatographic Techniques Used for Forensic Explosives Analysis in the Early 1970s journal July 1993
A Thin-Layer Chromatographic Procedure for Confirming the Presence and Identity of Smokeless Powder Flakes journal July 1980