A Better Liquid-Explosives Detector

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• 	Detecting TATP explosives iddo on 12/02/2006 at 6:27 AM
  Posts: 4	This is not the first technology to be able to identify TATP - this article covers the subject in-depth: http://www.tfot.info/content/view/92/ Rate this comment: (Reply)

• TATP in a short per. of time? teknix on 12/07/2006 at 10:58 AM

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  My question is how is someone going to go on a plane with strong smelling chemicals (acetone and HCl) and use these in a mix without someone noticing it, form TATP in a reasonable amount of time (usually takes 24 hours to form enough to do any damage), and then filter the solid from the liquid solution and dry it (usually takes another 24 hours) all in the few hours they are on a plane? Also if they say TATP that means it has to be formed at low temperature to obtain the tricyclo isomer so they are going to need an ice bath or refrigerator. If they do this reaction at room temperature it will form faster in a few hours but you are getting DADP which is a dicyclo isomer and much more unstable, but this still doesn’t change the fact that it needs dried before it can be used as an explosive. Rate this comment: (Reply)