Abstract

Review Article

Forensic science deals with safety armour during warfare explosives

Dhananjoy Saha, Sampa Dhabal and Dhrubo Jyoti Sen*

Published: 28 February, 2022 | Volume 6 - Issue 1 | Pages: 024-041

ems. Preliminary field tests may be used for screening the debris on the explosion site. They include commercially available explosive vapor detectors and chemical color tests. Like post-explosion residues, personal items suspected to contain traces of explosives and hand-swabs, are often heavily contaminated. It is therefore of major importance that the analytical procedures have to include good screening, clean-up, and extraction methods. The main explosives dealt with in this chapter include nitroaromatic explosives, such as 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) and 2,4,6, N-tetranitro-N-methyl aniline (tetryl), nitrate esters, such as ethylene glycol dinitrate (EGDN), glycerol trinitrate (nitroglycerin, NG), and pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), and nitramine explosives, such as 1,3,5- trinitro-1,3,5-triazacyclohexane, (RDX) and 1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazacyclooctane (HMX), as well as mixtures containing one or more of these explosives. Additional explosives include triacetone triperoxide (TATP) and ammonium nitrate (AN), NH4NO3.

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Keywords:

TNT; RDX; NG; PETN; TATP; AN; EGDN; HMX; Tear gas; Phosgene; Mustard gas; Nerve gas; Lethal gas; Organophosphorus agents; Holocaust; Asphyxia

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