Peroxide-forming chemicals are a class of compounds that have the ability to form shock-sensitive explosive peroxide crystals. Many of the organic solvents commonly used in Connecticut College’s ...

Many chemicals have a shelf-life and can become more hazardous as time goes on. This webpage discusses two classes of time-sensitive hazardous chemicals: peroxide forming solvents and certain ...

Smiths Detection has a new hand-held vapor detector that can screen for volatile chemicals like peroxide that are often used in homemade bombs, the Pine Brook, N.J. company says. The SABRE EXV (for ...

Smiths Detection unveiled a hand-held explosives vapor detector that can be used at airport security checkpoints. The SABRE EXV uses Ion Mobility Spectrometry (IMS) technology to detect and identify ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Concerns that terrorists could produce a new and particularly dangerous form of the explosive responsible for airport security screening of passengers’ shoes and restrictions on ...

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Highly reactive chemicals include those that have the potential to vigorously polymerize, undergo a vigorous condensation or oxidation-reduction reaction, or become self-reactive due to shock, ...