ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 July 1983
Page Count: 6

Identification of Explosives Containing Alkylammonium Nitrates by Thin-Layer Chromatography
Peterson, GF
Chemists, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, San Francisco Laboratory Center, CA

Stewart, LE
Chemist, Bureau of Alcohol, Tabacco and Firearms, National Laboratory Center, MD

Dietz, WR
Chemists, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, San Francisco Laboratory Center, CA

(Received 5 October 1982; accepted 18 December 1982)

Abstract

The alkylammonium nitrate sensitizers contained in Du Pont and Hercules water gel explosives can be uniquely identified by utilizing the three thin-layer chromatography (TLC) systems discussed in this paper. These TLC methods also identify the presence of other explosive ingredients and contaminants commonly found in debris from bombings.

Keywords:
criminalistics, explosives, chromatographic analyses, chemical analyses

Paper ID: JFS11560J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11560J
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