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Homeland Security

LLNL Seeks to License Technique for Rapidly Identifying Explosives

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Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has is offering the opportunity to license intellectual property for the Rapid Identification of Explosives Using Thin-Layer Chromatography (TLC) and Colorimetric Techniques MicroTLC Kit. LLNL scientists have designed a new miniaturized field-portable TLC chromatography detection kit for explosives identification by improving field utility to meet first responder and military requirements. TLC is a well established laboratory procedure that identifies compounds belonging to the same chemical class. A streamlined sampling and testing protocol has been developed…

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