FT-IR Standoff Detection of Thermally Excited Emissions of Trinitrotoluene (TNT) Deposited on Aluminum Substrates

A standoff detection system was assembled by coupling a reflecting telescope to a Fourier transform infrared spectrometer equipped with a cryo-cooled mercury cadmium telluride detector and used for detection of solid-phase samples deposited on substrates. Samples of highly energetic materials were d...

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Published in:Applied spectroscopy 2013-02, Vol.67 (2), p.181-186
Main Authors: Castro-Suarez, John R., Pacheco-Londoño, Leonardo C., Vélez-Reyes, Miguel, Diem, Max, Tague, Thomas J., Hernandez-Rivera, Samuel P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aluminum
Aluminum - chemistry
Analytical chemistry
Deposition
Detectors
Least-Squares Analysis
Plates
Regression analysis
Reproducibility of Results
Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared - methods
Surface temperature
TNT
Trinitrotoluene - chemistry
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Summary:A standoff detection system was assembled by coupling a reflecting telescope to a Fourier transform infrared spectrometer equipped with a cryo-cooled mercury cadmium telluride detector and used for detection of solid-phase samples deposited on substrates. Samples of highly energetic materials were deposited on aluminum substrates and detected at several collector-target distances by performing passive-mode, remote, infrared detection measurements on the heated analytes. Aluminum plates were used as support material, and 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene (TNT) was used as the target. For standoff detection experiments, the samples were placed at different distances (4 to 55 m). Several target surface temperatures were investigated. Partial least squares regression analysis was applied to the analysis of the intensities of the spectra obtained. Overall, standoff detection in passive mode was useful for quantifying TNT deposited on the aluminum plates with high confidence up to target–collector distances of 55 m.
ISSN:0003-7028
1943-3530
DOI:10.1366/11-06229