Abstract:
:A sensitive, specific and simple color test for the improvised explosive urea nitrate is described. It is based on the formation of a red pigment upon the reaction between urea nitrate and p-dimethylaminocinnamaldehyde (p-DMAC) under neutral conditions. Urea itself, which is the starting material for urea nitrate, does not react with p-DMAC under the same conditions. Other potential sources of false positive response e.g., common fertilizers, medications containing the urea moiety and various amines, do not produce the red pigment with p-DMAC. Exhibits collected from 10 terrorist cases have been tested with p-DMAC. The results were in full agreement with those obtained by instrumental techniques including GC/MS, XRD and IR.
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J Forensic Scijournal_title
Journal of forensic sciencesauthors
Almog J,Klein A,Tamiri T,Shloosh Y,Abramovich-Bar Skeywords:
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Has Abstractpub_date
2005-05-01 00:00:00pages
582-6issue
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0022-1198issn
1556-4029journal_volume
50pub_type
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