Detection or Identification of Trace Amounts of Explosives

1. Review the three methods for assesing water samples. Discuss the ease of use and the tools needed for the analysis.

With a lemon-shaped piece of iron and a tail made of paper or cardboard, the handheld explosive greatly resembled a dart. On the front of the grenade’s body was a plunger, which held a percussion cap filled with explosive material.When the the grenade fell onto its nose and applied pressure to the plunger, an explosion was triggered, only to be met by more gunpowder inside. Although the resulting explosion caused a great deal of mayhem and shrapnel, it was not very reliable because its detonation depended on the grenade falling directly onto its nose. Because of its temperamental behavior, the grenade got a reputation for not being very accurate.

I absolutely agree with the adaption of putting color coded chips in explosives. These chips allow forensic scientists to track down viable information about the explosive that will help find the culprit responsible for the explosion.

f. Specify with diagrams and justify which methodology would be more appropriate? Methodology used in part ‘a’ or in part ‘e’. What are the names of these respective methodologies?

The Oklahoma City Bombing was a domestic terrorist bomb attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in April 19, 1995. It was lead by Timothy McVeigh, an Army veteran of the Persian Gulf War. The explosive was a homemade bomb which was built by McVeigh and the help of Terry Nichols; the bomb consisted of a deadly cocktail and was put inside a rented Ryder truck in front of the Murrah Federal Building . McVeigh then proceeded out of the truck and headed towards his getaway car a few blocks away. He then started the detonation of the timed bomb at exactly 9:02 A.M. then the bomb exploded. To the people of Oklahoma it was a traumatizing moment for all, many lost families, dozens of cars were incinerated and more

On September 11, 2001 at 8:45 am. a horrific event occurred. Four jets had been hijacked by an Islamic terrorist group called Al-Qaeda. They were on a suicide mission to attack the most symbolic and important united states landmarks.

The Oklahoma City bombing of the Murrah building took place on April 19, 1995 by a 24-year-old army veteran, by the name of Timothy McVeigh and up until the 9-11 attack in New York City, was the worst terrorist attack on U.S soil. It took the lives of 168 people, leaving another 509 injured. McVeigh planned his attack for the date of the second anniversary of the governments assault near Waco. The raid in Waco ended unsuccessfully with six Branch Davidians and four federal agents dead. The Oklahoma bombing meant nothing more to him than pure revenge, his only goal was vengeance and he felt merely nothing.

Case Summary. The Oklahoma City Bomber: Timothy McVeigh. Mass murderer, Timothy McVeigh committed the largest crime involving mass murder in the history of America by the Oklahoma City Bombing that took the lives of a total of 168 people. During the Spring of April in 1995, A rental truck from Ryder drove into a federal building parking lot known as Alfred P. Murrah.

Richard Reid tried to blow up American Airline flight over the Atlantic Ocean. Only the quick reaction of a stewardess averted Reid from carrying out his plot. His method of delivery is still a huge threat today with his concealment of explosives in his shoe.

The article written by Sarah Maslin Nir and William K. Rashbaum in the New York Times, talks about a bomber who tried to detonate a bomb in one of Manhattan’s busiest subways. The bomb did go off but not fully and Akayed Ullah, 27, who was identified by a policeman, was the only was who was badly injured.

A. Chemistry was largely employed to come up with explosives and ammunitions that had superior destructive power.

Since the 9/11 attacks, there have been several well known attempts by Al Qaeda against the United States. In December 2001, airline passenger, Richard Reid, attempted to ignite explosive devices located in his shoes (Lyman & Potter, 2015). These devices were intended to destroy the entire aircraft. The plane was traveling from Paris to Miami and had to be rerouted to Boston. Fortunately, Mr. Reid was not successful in his attempts. As a result though, all passengers are now required to remove their shoes at airport security before boarding an aircraft (Lyman & Potter, 2015).

Fireworks release an immense amount of chemicals, and have a great amount reactions happen. The reducing agents, sulfur and carbon, combine with the oxygen from the oxidizers to produce the energy of the explosion. Nitrates are usually not used in star explosions, because reactions of nitrates do not produce a temperature high enough to energize many of the more colorful metal salts.In the 1830’s Italian fireworks makers found a group of more explosive oxidizers, which produced temperatures of 1700 to 2000 celcius and made possible the creation of much more intense colors. Unlike nitrate-containing compounds that produce a relatively slow burning rate, the oxidation by chlorates produces a much faster detonation an explosion. The oxygen released

The main issue is to find out the best method that suits the nature of

Finally, we determine and recommend what would have been the best techniques to use, in terms of the selection of samples and choice of the sample size in determining the capability and the capability potential of the equipment and production process.