Application of the capillary electrophoresis technique for the study of the products of explosion and combustion of mixed explosives and pyrotechnic compositions in the forensic medical practice
Davydov, M.V.; Spiridonov, V.A.; Budnikov, V.N.; Petrosiants, T.G.
Sudebno-Meditsinskaia Ekspertiza 53(2): 35-38
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 0039-4521 PMID: 20560510 Document Number: 643538
The authors describe methods of cation-anion analysis of aqueous media by the capillary electrophoresis technique with reference to the detection of the products of explosion and combustion of mixed explosives and pyrotechnic compositions. The possibility to use the results thus obtained for the study of an explosion injury is discussed. Optimal conditions for the separation of chloride, nitrite, nitrate, sulfate, sulfide, chlorate, and perchlorate ions are determined. The efficiency of the proposed methods for the characteristic of the cation-anion composition of the aqueous medium to identify the products of explosion and combustion of mixed explosives and pyrotechnic compounds is exemplified by their application in the forensic medical practice. It is concluded that the above techniques can be used to study explosion injuries.