A major challenge confronting emergency response, border control, and other security-related functions is the accurate, rapid, and safe identification of potentially hazardous chemicals outside a laboratory environment. Raman spectroscopy is a rapid, non-intrusive technique that can be used to confidently identify many classes of hazardous and potentially explosive compounds based on molecular vibration information.
Revised: August 16, 2010 |
Published: December 30, 2003
Citation
Wright C.W., S.D. Harvey, and B.W. Wright. 2003.Detection of Hazardous Chemicals Using Field-Portable Raman Spectroscopy. In Proceedings of the SPIE: Nondestructive Detection and Measurement for Homeland Security, edited by SR Doctor, Y Bar-Cohen and AE Aktan, 5048, 107-118. Bellingham, Washington:SPIE. PNWD-SA-6300.