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ArticleTrends in analytical chemistry : TRAC2020

Trace Detection and Chemical Analysis of Homemade Fuel-Oxidizer Mixture Explosives: Emerging Challenges and Perspectives.

Thomas P Forbes, Shannon T Krauss, Greg Gillen

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Article in Trends in analytical chemistry : TRAC, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thomas P ForbesNational Institute of Standards and Technology, Materials Measurement Science Division, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA.
Shannon T KraussNational Institute of Standards and Technology, Materials Measurement Science Division, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA.
Greg GillenNational Institute of Standards and Technology, Materials Measurement Science Division, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA.
National Institute of Standards and Technology · US

Funding

Intramural NIST DOC 9999-NIST
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The chemical analysis of homemade explosives (HMEs) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) remains challenging for fieldable analytical instrumentation and sensors. Complex explosive fuel-oxidizer mixtures, black and smokeless powders, flash powders, and pyrotechnics often include an array of potential organic and inorganic components that present unique interference and matrix effect difficulties. The widely varying physicochemical properties of these components as well as external environmental interferents and background challenge many sampling and sensing modalities. This review provides perspective on these emerging challenges, critically discusses developments in sampling, sensors, and instrumentation, and showcases advancements for the trace detection of inorganic-based explosives.

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Black powdersBlack powder substitutesExplosives detectionForensic scienceFuel-oxidizer mixture explosivesHomemade explosivesPropellantsPyrotechnicsSecurity

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PMID34135538
PMCPMC8201619
OpenAlexW3083624639

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