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A NOVEL MASS SPECTROMETER FOR THE DETECTION OF VAPORS FROM EXPLOSIVE, INCENDIARIES AND NOXIOUS GASES

Award Information
Agency: Department of Transportation
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 18812
Amount: $50,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
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Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1992
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
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1570 Pacheco St Suite E-11
Santa Fe, NM 87501
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Dr David S Bomse
 Principal Research Scientist
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Abstract

SOUTHWEST SCIENCIES, INC. PROPOSES A NOVEL MASS SPECTROMETRIC METHOD, * IONIZATION ENERGY MODULATED MASS SPECTROMETRY (IEMMS), FOR THE RAPID DETECTION OF VAPORS FROM EXPLOSIVES, INCENDIARIES AND NOXIOUS GASES. IEMMS COMBINES ELECTRON IMPACT IONIZATION USING A MONOCHROMATIC ELECTRON BEAM WITH ION DETECTION USING TWIN TIME-OF-FLIGHT (TOF) MASS ANALYZERS. ONE ANALYZER QUANTIFIES POSITIVE IONS WHILE THE OTHER OBSERVES NEGATIVE IONS. BY MODULATING THE ELECTROL ENERGY IS IT POSSIBLE TO GENERATE REPRODUCIBLE, NONLINEAR CHANGES IN THE MASS SPECTRA WHICH CAN BE USED TO FINGERPRINT KEY SPECIES WITHIN A GAS MIXTURE. WE ANTICIPATE THAT IEMMS WILL BE COMPETITIVE WITH SEQUENTIAL MASS SPECTRAL METHODS (MS/MS TECHNIQUES) NOW BEING STUDIED FOR EXPLOSIVES DETECTION.

* Information listed above is at the time of submission. *

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