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LC-MS/MS

Liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry. The preferred confirmatory method for non-volatile organic explosives (PETN, RDX, TNT, NG) because it avoids thermal decomposition at GC injector temperatures and achieves picogram sensitivity with high selectivity.

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