ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 9

Improved Method for the Analysis of the Military Explosive Composition C-4
Keto, RO
Forensic chemist, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, DC

(Received 9 May 1985; accepted 30 May 1985)

Abstract

A procedure for the separation and identification of the major components of the military plastic explosive composition C-4 is described. The explosive (RDX), plasticizer, and rubber binder are separated by selective solvent extraction and filtration, and the extracts are analyzed by multiple internal reflection infrared spectroscopy.

Keywords:
forensic science, explosives, spectroscopic analysis, plastic, C-4, multiple internal reflectance, Fourier transform, infrared spectroscopy

Paper ID: JFS11877J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11877J
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