Explosive detection system and sample collecting device
US6295860A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 7, 1999 |
| Grant date | Oct 2, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 7, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2001/024
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An explosive detection system in which vapor leaking from luggage is sampled by a sampling probe, negative corona discharge is used to ionize the vapor, and a mass spectrometer is used to detect the ionized vapor, thereby judging whether an explosive is present or not.
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