Detection and Disposal of Improvised Explosives

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These proceedings contain the presentations and results of several discussions of the workshop on “Detection and Disposal of Improvised Explosives” held in St.-Petersburg, Russia, September 7-9, 2005. This Advanced Research Workshop was the fourth event concerning Detection of Explosives in connection with counter terrorism. After the first three workshops, dealing with vapor and trace detection, electronic nose detection and detection of bulk explosives, this workshop was devoted to the detection of Improvise Explosives including: Methods of detection of Improvised Explosives (IE). Methods of detection of Improvised explosives devices (IED). Disposal and safe handling of ID and IED. The treatment of detection methods may be divided in the following groups: Overview about the different methods; Trace- and vapor detection; Electromagnetic methods; Neutron methods; Laser techniques. Because of different definitions of Improvised Explosives the parti- pants of the workshop agreed after some discussions with the following definition: An Improvised Explosive (IE) can be any chemical compound or mixture capable of an explosive reaction. They are normally easily prepared by a knowledgeable layman under simple conditions. Components of IE are typically inorganic salts containing molecular bound oxygen like nitrates, chlorates or perchlorates etc. or organic compounds with nitro-, nitami- or nitrate-groups or peroxides. Admixtures of military or commercial explosive materials are also used. From the chemical point of view IE can be divided into the following types: Salts containing chemical groups with oxygen (like nitrates, chlorates or perchlorates etc.) in mixtures with combustible substances like carbon-hydrogen compounds. Front Matter....Pages I-XIII DISPOSAL OF IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVES AND -DEVICES....Pages 1-6 DETECTION OF IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVES (IE) AND EXPLOSIVE DEVICES (IED)....Pages 7-25 ON-SITE ANALYSIS OF EXPLOSIVES IN VARIOUS MATRICES....Pages 27-32 IEDS DETECTION BY EXISTING DETECTION TECHNIQUES....Pages 33-41 MICROWAVE SYSTEM FOR INSPECTION OF LUGGAGE AND PEOPLE....Pages 43-50 DEVELOPMENT OF METHODS AND EQUIPMENT FOR DETECTION OF EXPLOSIVES’ VAPORS IN THE ATMOSPHERE WITH LASER....Pages 51-68 DETECTION OF IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVES DEVICES (IED) BY USING TAGGED NEUTRON BEAMS....Pages 69-85 SENNA — PORTABLE SENSOR FOR EXPLOSIVES DETECTION BASED ON NANOSECOND NEUTRON ANALYSIS....Pages 87-96 LIQUID BLAST INHIBITORS: TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATION....Pages 97-103 RATIONAL DETECTION SCHEMES FOR TATP NATO ADVANCED RESEARCH WORKSHOP....Pages 105-112 PEROXIDE EXPLOSIVES....Pages 113-121 ASSOCIATED PARTICLE IMAGING: AN ENABLING TECHNOLOGY OF DETECTION OF IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVES....Pages 123-125 EXPERIENCE OF APPLICATION OF EXPLOSIVES DETECTORS BY FORENSIC SCIENCE UNITS OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION....Pages 127-130 TECHNICAL MASKING OF IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES....Pages 131-142 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ON HUMANITARIAN LANDMINE DETECTION SYSTEM BY A COMPACT DISCHARGE-TYPE D-D FUSION NEUTRON SOURCE....Pages 143-152 DETECTION OF NITROAROMATIC DERIVATIVES BY USING REACTIVE ORGANIC THIN LAYERS....Pages 153-190 DETECTION OF EXPLOSIVES BY QUADRUPOLE RESONANCE METHOD: NEW ASPECTS FOR SECURITY....Pages 191-204 CONCEALED EXPLOSIVES DETECTOR BASED ON PORTABLE NEUTRON GENERATOR....Pages 205-216 POSSIBILITIES OF CREATING IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVES AND EXPLOSIVE DEVICES....Pages 217-221 INVESTIGATION OF POSSIBILITY TO DETECT THE DETONATORS OF THE EXPLOSIVE DEVICES BY MEANS OF ED XRF APPROACH....Pages 223-226 EFFECT/BACKGROUND CORRELATIONS IN NANOSECOND NEUTRON ANALYSIS....Pages 227-236 USE OF NON-LINEAR JUNCTION DETECTORS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF IED SEARCH....Pages 237-239