Process and test kit for the detection of explosives
AssigneeErez Forensic Technology, Ltd.
InventorBaruch Glattstein
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Abstract
The invention provides a multi-reagent test kit for the presumptive identification of traces of explosives and/or discriminating between "innocent" material and explosive containing a first reagent comprising about 2.5 to 20% V/V of a tetra alkyl ammonium or phosphonium hydroxide in a solvent comprising at least 60% V/V dimethylsulfoxide and about 0 to 30% V/V methanol or water and a second reagent comprising a diazotization compound and a coupling compound of a Griess reagent pair.
Claims7
A multi-reagent test kit for the presumptive identification of traces of explosives, said kit containing a first reagent comprising about 2.5 to 20% V/V of a tetra alkyl ammonium or phosphonium hydroxide in a solvent comprising at least 60% V/V dimethylsulfoxide and about 0 to 30% V/V of methanol or of water;
- and a second reagent comprising a diazotization and a coupling Griess reagent pair.
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