ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 January 1983
Page Count: 3

Trioxane—An Unusual Component in an Improvised Explosive-Actuated Incendiary Device
Cabiness, LR
Chemists, United States Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory-Europe,

Blackledge, RD
Chemists, United States Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory-Europe,

(Received 19 January 1982; accepted 6 May 1982)

Abstract

Purple granules were found as an adulterant in a specimen of double-based smokeless powder that had been obtained from an improvised explosive-actuated incendiary device. These granules were identified as having originated from tablets used by the U.S. Army in heating rations in the field. Trioxane, the active ingredient in these tablets, was identified by infrared and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

Keywords:
criminalistics, explosives, spectroscopic analysis, incendiary, powder, trioxane, infrared spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Paper ID: JFS12265J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS12265J
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