NIST Program to Support T&E of Trace Explosives Detection

摘要

Trace detection is a primary strategy for thwarting terrorism activities in the United States and abroad. The development of effective reference materials and methods for this purpose relies on fundamental knowledge regarding the size, mass, morphologies and chemical distributions in residues from explosives handling, personal exposure and sampling. The authors are working with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Office of Law Enforcement Standards (OLES) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Transportation Security Laboratory to strengthen the chemical metrology system that supports the widespread operational deployment of explosive trace detectors (ETDs).