A mechanism for the reaction between acetone and hydrogen peroxide leading to the formation of the important homemade explosive Acetone Peroxide is postulated. The proposed mechanistic scheme is based on Raman and Nuclear ...

The preparation of copper colloidal suspensions was conducted by three different methods. These methods used wet chemical synthesis, in which a metal salt solution was mixed with a solution containing the reducing agent. ...

This study was aimed at making contributions toward the understanding and detection of homemade explosives (HME). The properties and interactions between components in a blend of energetic materials with acetone peroxide, ...

A basic problem in pharmaceutical manufacturing is that a relatively simple formulation can produce widely varying therapeutic performance depending upon how the ingredients are distributed in the final matrix. Many methods ...

The majority of explosives found in antipersonnel and antitank landmines contain 2,4,6- trinitrotoluene (TNT). 2,4-Dinitrotoluene (DNT) is a common manufacturing byproduct in the synthesis and degradation of TNT. The ...

In this work a remote Raman system has been designed, assembled and tested for detecting explosives, Toxic Industrial Compounds (TIC) and Chemical Warfare Agents Simulants (CWAS) at laboratory scale up to 7 m target-telescope ...

Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) provides extremely high sensitivity, due to increase in the Raman cross-sections of intrinsically very weak scattering events making these events comparable or even better than ...

The persistent use of cyclic organic peroxides in explosive devices has increased the interest in study these compounds. Development of methodologies for the detection of triacetone triperoxide (TATP) and hexamethylene ...

Cyclic nitramine hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-s-triazine (RDX), is an important energetic ingredient for propellants and explosives. To understand RDX explosive nature, the molecular structure needs to be examined in detail. ...