A Powdered Simulant of Triacetone Triperoxide (TATP) for Safe Testing of X-ray Transmission Screening Equipment.
TATP
X-ray
aviation security
explosives detection
harmonisation
simulants
standardisation
testing
Journal
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
ISSN: 1420-3049
Titre abrégé: Molecules
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 100964009
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
24 Mar 2020
24 Mar 2020
Historique:
received:
26
02
2020
revised:
20
03
2020
accepted:
23
03
2020
entrez:
28
3
2020
pubmed:
28
3
2020
medline:
21
1
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Explosives detection systems (EDS) based on X-ray are used at airports to screen baggage for the presence of explosives. Once EDS are installed in airports, however, it can be challenging to test the EDS equipment and verify that it continues to perform at the highest level, because of the impracticality of introducing bulk explosives into civil aviation airports. The problem is particularly acute for sensitive homemade explosives, such as triacetone triperoxide (TATP). This paper describes our work to develop a safe, accurate and stable simulant for TATP for EDS based on X-ray transmission. Bulk quantities of TATP were synthesised and characterised especially for this project, and we describe the unique challenges and safety considerations of collecting this data. Our calculations show that the expanded measurement uncertainty with a coverage factor of k = 2 is 5.7% for bulk density and 1.0% for
Identifiants
pubmed: 32214034
pii: molecules25061473
doi: 10.3390/molecules25061473
pmc: PMC7146122
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring
0
Peroxides
0
triacetone triperoxide
62T938ZGDD
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
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