TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Reliable, rapid and simple voltammetric detection of urea nitrate explosive
JO  - Analyst
A1  - Cagan, Avi
A1  - Lu, Donglai
A1  - Cizek, Karel
A1  - La Belle, Jeff
A1  - Wang, Joseph
SP  - 585
EP  - 587
VL  - 133
IS  - 5
N2  - A highly selective and rapid electrochemical assay of the improvised explosive urea nitrate (UN) is reported. The method involves a short ( approximately 10 s) acid-catalyzed reaction of UN with 4-nitrotoluene (NT) followed by a rapid ( approximately 2 s) square-wave voltammetric (SWV) detection of the 2,4-dinitrotoluene (DNT) product. The new protocol offers great promise for a reliable field detection of UN, with significant advantages of speed, sensitivity, portability, simplicity, and cost.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0003-2654
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b800858b
ID  - ref1
ER  -