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- Swabbings from public areas in 28 U.S. cities were collected and tested for explosives traces.
- Both inorganic and organic explosive compounds were analyzed using various methods, including capillary zone electrophoresis and gas chromatography.
- The study found that while nitrate was present, most low explosive oxidizers were uncommon, and no significant organic explosives or interferences were detected.
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In this paper, swabbings from various public areas in 28 different cities throughout the United States were collected. A wide variety of objects were tested, ranging from park benches and telephones to sign posts and mailboxes. Inorganic anions and cations common in low explosives were detected simultaneously using capillary zone electrophoresis. Organic high explosives including nitroaromatics, nitramines, and nitrate esters were detected using gas chromatography with a pulsed-discharge electron capture detector. Confirmation of selected results was performed by ion chromatography and negative ion chemical ionization GC/MS. In general the results provide two major conclusions: (i) with the exception of nitrate, most low explosive oxidizers are rare in the environment; (ii) no organic explosives or significant interferences to these explosives were detected.
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