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NBC detection in air and waterParticipating 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.
Document ID
20060043691
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
Authors
Hartley, Frank T.
Smith, Steven J.
McMurtry, Gary M.
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
September 8, 2003
Meeting Information
Meeting: COMS03
Location: Amsterdam
Country: Netherlands
Start Date: September 8, 2003
End Date: September 11, 2003
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
molecules
soft ionization membrane (SIM)

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