IMS Applications Analysis

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Contents

INTRODUCTION.7

BACKGROUND8

APPLICATIONS AND MARKET POTENTIAL. 8

DEMONSTRATED*PLACATIONS9

Potential Use of IMS in TraceChemical Detection or Clasification of landmines .9

LAND BASED UXO DETECTION- MILITARY APPLICATIONS 12

UNDERWATER MINE AND UXO DETECTION– MILITARY APPLICATIONS 13

CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL AGENT DETECTOR. 13

COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS. 15

UNDERWATER AND LAND BASED MINE AND UXO DETECTION – COMMERCIAL

APPLICATIONS .15

FORENSICS . . 15

DRUG INTERDICTION 16

SECURITY APPLICATIONS 17

DEMILITARIZATION 17

ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS . 18

AGRICULTURE APPLICATIONS . 18

INSTRUMENT DETECTORS 18

COMPETING TECHNOLOGIES. 19

BIOSENSORS –DOGS AND OTHER TRAINED ANIMALS . 19

SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES 20

~ SPECTROSCOPY, ~ 20

LASER MEASUREMENTS .21

ACOUSTIC SENSORS .22

IONIZATION DEVICES 23

ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTORS .

THERMAL NEUTRON ANALYSIS (TNA).z

FIELD IONSPECTRO 24

MASSPECTROMETRY 26

ENZYMATIC WAalONS.27

CHEMLUMINESCENCE .29

USE OF AUTOMATED SIGNAL PROCESSINGIN IMS 30

IMS INSTRUMENT IMPROVEMENTS 31

RESPONSE TIME35

AFFORDABILTY .36

EASE OF MAINTENANCE 36

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS. 37

REFERENCES 38

APPENDICES 41

DISTRIBUTION 43