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Detection of explosives (as well as drugs) at the Customs might be facilitated by such an advanced nuclear physical method as probing of baggage with a fast neutron flux followed by recording spectrum of ã-radiation, which results from inelastic neutron scattering. The method takes advantage of the fact that widely known explosives have quite similar chemical composition and density, and contain considerable amounts of nitrogen, carbon and oxygen. Typically, explosives' (N/O) and (C/O) nuclei correlations differ greatly from those characteristic for fabrics, medicines, and other household articles that might be present in the passenger luggage.
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Averchenkov, V.Y., Vinyarski, G.S., Drosdov, Y.M., Morovov, A.P. (2004). Analysis of the Possibility of Explosives Detection with Pulsed Neutrons Sounding Method. In: Schubert, H., Kuznetsov, A. (eds) Detection of Bulk Explosives Advanced Techniques against Terrorism. NATO Science Series, vol 138. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0962-1_21
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