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M8 Detector Paper is used to detect the presence of V and G type nerve agents and H type blister agents. It works by detecting chemical agents from a liquid splash. Each sheet of paper has three separate detection dyes. The yellow color appears when exposed to G nerve agents, the dark green color appears when exposed to V nerve agents, and the ...
Colorimetric detection of explosives involves applying a chemical reagent to an unknown material or sample and observing a color reaction. Common color reactions are known and indicate to the user if there is an explosive material present and in many cases the group of explosive from which the material is derived.
In 2011, the U.S. Army product manager for the Decontamination Family of Systems (DFoS) began a market research project to identify potential prototype CIDAS technologies that could help soldiers locate chemical and biological warfare agents (CBWA), non-traditional agents (NTAs) and toxic industrial chemicals (TICs) on military equipment and vehicles.
Items resembling homemade explosives were found in the car of a Virginia man arrested on New Year's Day, according to officials. On Wednesday, police officers arrested Alexander Sweetman, 19, from ...
A sample of air is collected from a target volume, which may be the interior truck, pallet, box, or other container, using a vacuum aspiration system. The device that collects this sample is typically known as a "sampler". In portable instruments, the collected air sample is directly injected into the detector.
The U.S. Marshals Service in the District of Nevada issued a plea for help and additional reward money to find a man wanted for killing his girlfriend during an argument a year and a half ago in ...
Antibiotic use was not associated with an increased risk of cognitive impairment and dementia in healthy older adults, according to a recent study.
There is a choice between four possible detection taggant chemicals which must be added to plastic explosives under the 1991 International Civil Aviation Organization's Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection. In the United States the marker is always 2,3-dimethyl-2,3-dinitrobutane, usually called DMDNB or DMNB.