EXPLOSIVES DETECTION WITH A MOBILE THERMAL DESORPTION DIRECT ANALYSIS IN REAL TIME MASS SPECTROMETRY SYSTEM (TD- DART-MS)

摘要

A thermal desorber is configured to a DART-MS system on a mobile platform to permit the detection of explosives from swipe sampling. The mobility aspect of this configuration can permit mass spectrometry based detection of explosives in the field. This work presents the capability of the system and serves as a means of determining the readiness level of the system as an explosive trace detector.