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News Release PINS Non-Invasively Discriminates Chemical
Agents from Explosives Suppose that in your presence are munitions whose contents are either
blister agents, nerve agents, or explosives - but you don't know which!
Such unpleasantness can now be quickly resolved by obtaining from ORTEC
the PINS Chemical Assay System, which uses neutron interrogation to precisely determine
container contents without sampling or exposing the contents to the environment.
PINS, acronym for Portable Isotopic Neutron Spectroscopy, has been
extensively used at U.S. Army sites with real munitions. PINS is delivered in rugged,
ready-to-transport cases to allow rapid response to both emergency situations and
scheduled inspections of stockpile munitions.
PINS identifies blister agents such as mustard gas and Lewisite, nerve
agents such as VX and GB (sarin), high explosives, and military smokes. PINS is available
in custom configurations. |
