NBC detection in air and water

Hartley, Frank T.; Smith, Steven J.; McMurtry, Gary M.

dc.contributor.author	Hartley, Frank T.
dc.contributor.author	Smith, Steven J.
dc.contributor.author	McMurtry, Gary M.
dc.date.accessioned	2006-02-27T20:28:15Z
dc.date.available	2006-02-27T20:28:15Z
dc.date.issued	2003-09-08
dc.identifier.citation	COMS03, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 8-11, 2003	en
dc.identifier.clearanceno	03-2252
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2014/38790
dc.description.abstract	Participating in a Navy STTR project to develop a system capable of the 'real-time' detection and quanitification of nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) warfare agents, and of related industrial chemicals including NBC agent synthesis by-products in water and in air immediately above the water's surface. This project uses JPL's Soft Ionization Membrane (SIM) technology which totally ionizes molecules without fragmentation (a process that can markedly improve the sensitivity and specificity of molecule compostition identification), and JPL's Rotating Field Mass Spectrometer (RFMS) technology which has large enough dynamic mass range to enable detection of nuclear materials as well as biological and chemical agents. This Navy project integrates these JPL Environmental Monitoring UnitS (REMUS) an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). It is anticipated that the REMUS AUV will be capable of 'real-time' detection and quantification of NBC warefare agents.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	NASA/JPL	en
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dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2003.	en
dc.subject	soft ionization membrane (SIM)	en
dc.subject	molecules	en
dc.title	NBC detection in air and water	en
dc.type	Preprint	en