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GC-ECD

Gas chromatography with electron capture detection. Achieves 1-10 picogram detection limits for nitroaromatic (TNT, DNT) and nitramine (RDX, HMX, PETN) explosives. Cannot detect TATP or urea nitrate. The primary laboratory screening method for conventional high explosives.

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Brisance (shattering power)C-4CFSL Hyderabad explosives wingComposition B (Comp B)Control swab (background)Detonating cord (det cord)DMDNBICAO Montreal Protocol on Plastic Explosives (1991)Ion mobility spectrometry (IMS)LC-MS/MS (negative ESI)Multiple reaction monitoring (MRM)NIST SRM 8806

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