Assessing a novel contact heater as a new method of recovering explosives traces from porous surfaces

It can be very challenging to recover explosives traces from porous surfaces, such as clothing and car seats, compared to non-porous surfaces. The contact heater has been developed as a novel instrument designed to recover explosives traces from porous surfaces. Samples are taken by heating and draw...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yu, H., Lewis, Simon, Beardah, M., NicDaeid, N.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4970