Chapter 12

Question 1

A sensor that responds to a target analyte or analytes based on a biochemical mechanism

Answer 1

Biosensor

Question 2

The shattering power of an explosive or explosive device

Answer 2

Brisance

Question 3

The use of chemical reagents and developers to assist in the visualization of evidence; also refers to indirect imaging of samples by conversion of signals such as IR or MS data to viewable data

Answer 3

Chemical imaging

Question 4

Burning or combustion that propagates at less than the speed of sound

Answer 4

Deflagration

Question 5

Explosive combustion driven by pressure and a compressive shockwave

Answer 5

Detonation

Question 6

A compressive pressure wave (shockwave) that propagates through an explosive and causes combustion

Answer 6

Detonation wave/detonation shock wave

Question 7

A very sensitive spectroscopy for analyzing the absolute configuration (AC) and conformation of chiral compounds

Answer 7

ECD

Question 8

Combustion that propagates faster than the speed of sound

Answer 8

Explosion

Question 9

The power of explosives scaled to that of picric acid and expressed as a percentage

Answer 9

Explosive power index/explosive index

Question 10

The series of explosive materials used to detonate a high explosive

Answer 10

Explosive train

Question 11

An explosive that is relatively stable and insensitive to heat and shock

Answer 11

High explosive

Question 12

Explosives that are created by combining easily obtainable ingredients such as sugar and fertilizer

Answer 12

Homemade explosives

Question 13

Devices that are placed or fabricated in an improvised manner incorporating destructive, lethal, noxious, pyrotechnic, or incendiary chemicals and designed to destroy, incapacitate, harass, or distract

Answer 13

IED

Question 14

An explosive or explosive device made from existing or homemade components

Answer 14

Improvised explosive

Question 15

An explosive that detonates easily and is sensitive to heat or shock

Answer 15

Low explosive

Question 16

An assay such as an immunoassay that detects more than one compound or class at a time

Answer 16

Multiplex assay

Question 17

A sensitive high explosive used to initiate detonation of a relatively insensitive high explosive

Answer 17

Primary explosive

Question 18

Brisance

Answer 18

Pushing power

Question 19

A type of mass spectrometry where the mass-to-charge ratio of the sample ions is measured while the ions are held in a stable orbit by an electric field generated by four parallel electrodes

Answer 19

Q-ToF

Question 20

The power of an explosive as compared to some standard such as picric acid or TNT

Answer 20

Relative explosive power (REP)

Question 21

An relatively insensitive explosive that is detonated by a primary high explosive

Answer 21

Secondary explosive

Question 22

Compounds added to propellants and explosives to increase sensitivity to detonation

Answer 22

Sensitizers

Question 23

An area of very high pressure moving through the air, earth, or water

Answer 23

Shock wave

Question 24

A variant of Raman spectroscopy that allows highly accurate chemical analysis of objects beneath obscuring surfaces

Answer 24

Spatially offset Raman spectroscopy (SORS)

Question 25

One of several sets of rules used to approximate the mixture of products produced in an explosion

Answer 25

Springall Roberts rules

Question 26

Detection at a distance that doesn’t require physical contact between the sample and the detector

Answer 26

Stand-off detection

Question 27

An extremely insensitive explosive

Answer 27

Tertiary explosive