Birth Of `Atometry' - Particle Physics Applied To Saving Human Lives

Atometer, the first non-invasive stoichiometric explosive detector system is described here. We define atometry as stoichiometry by means of elementary particles. Atometry compares with the currently used `explosive detection systems' (EDS) like color photography with Black & White. The tec...

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Main Author: Maglich, Bogdan C
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
ALPHA PARTICLES
CARBON
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
EXPLOSIVES
FAST NEUTRONS
GAMMA RADIATION
HUMAN POPULATIONS
NITROGEN
OXYGEN
PHOTOGRAPHY
PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
PROBABILITY
STEELS
STOICHIOMETRY
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Summary:Atometer, the first non-invasive stoichiometric explosive detector system is described here. We define atometry as stoichiometry by means of elementary particles. Atometry compares with the currently used `explosive detection systems' (EDS) like color photography with Black & White. The technique retrieves images of concealed objects and it also deciphers their stoichiometry i.e. their empirical chemical formulas, CaNbOc, where a, b, and c are the atomic proportions of carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen, with a 97.5% statistical probability. Atometric analysis is performed through steel and other barriers by a combined action of fast neutrons, rays and particles. Atometry has many potential medical and industrial applications, yet unexplored.
ISSN:0094-243X
1551-7616
DOI:10.1063/1.2130207