Real-time vapor detection of nitroaromatic explosives by catalytic thermal dissociation blue diode laser cavity ring-down spectroscopy

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dc.contributor.authorTaha, Youssef M.
dc.contributor.authorOdame-Ankrah, Charles A.
dc.contributor.authorOsthoff, Hans D.
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-29T03:03:03Z
dc.date.available2021-06-29T03:03:03Z
dc.date.issued2013-07-24
dc.description.abstractA compact blue diode laser catalytic thermal dissociation cavity ring-down spectrometer (cTD–CRDS) to detect vapors of nitroaromatic explosives is described. The instrument uses heated platinum(IV) oxide catalyst to convert nitroaromatic compounds to NO2, which is detected at 405 nm. Using the relatively volatile nitrobenzene as a test compound, we show by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) in off-line experiments that nitroaromatics can be quantitatively converted to NO2. The cTD–CRDS detection limit was 0.3 parts-per-billion by volume (ppbv) and sufficiently low to allow the detection of a room temperature sample of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) without sample preconcentration.en_US
dc.identifier.citationTaha, Y. M., Odame-Ankrah, C. A., & Osthoff, H. D. (2013). Real-time vapor detection of nitroaromatic explosives by catalytic thermal dissociation blue diode laser cavity ring-down spectroscopy. Chemical Physics Letters, 582, 15–20. doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2013.07.040en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2013.07.040en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/113560
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.publisher.departmentChemistryen_US
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dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen_US
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dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0en_US
dc.subjectblue diode laser cavity ring-down spectroscopyen_US
dc.subjectcatalytic thermal dissociationen_US
dc.subjectplatinumen_US
dc.subjectnitrobenzeneen_US
dc.subjectdinitrotolueneen_US
dc.subjecttrinitrotolueneen_US
dc.subjectFourier transform infrared spectroscopyen_US
dc.titleReal-time vapor detection of nitroaromatic explosives by catalytic thermal dissociation blue diode laser cavity ring-down spectroscopyen_US
dc.typejournal articleen_US
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