Development of a powdered simulant for verifying X-ray detection of bulk TATP (triacetone triperoxide)

摘要

This paper describes the development of a powdered X-ray simulant for the primary explosive TATP (triacetone triperoxide). The material matches the density and effective atomic number of a measured bulk sample of real TATP, and can be used to verify detection capability of baggage-screening equipment based on X-ray transmission.