Detection and analysis of explosives

Authors:

  • Bernhard Zachhuber
  • Hampus Lundén
  • Sara Wallin
  • Hans Önnerud

Publish date: 2021-12-10

Report number: FOI-R--5231--SE

Pages: 14

Written in: Swedish

Keywords:

  • hybrid warfare
  • requirments analysis
  • exploitation
  • explosive
  • IED
  • trace analysis
  • chromatography
  • mass spectrometry
  • non-contact
  • NQR
  • magnetometer

Abstract

This report describes research questions that have been addressed within the framework of FOI's governmental funding in the field of explosives. Other research areas of interest that might be included in the coming years are also covered.The rreport describes to some extent the requirements for analysis and detection of explosives and outlines a couple of techniques used in the research by FOI.