Table 9 Applications of various fire debris, ignitable liquids, and flammable solvents along with the type of mass analyzer used for their analysis
Application | Mass analyzer | Ionization mode in DART source |
|---|---|---|
Detection of arson accelerants from burnt carpet samples (Blackledge 2007) | AccuTOF (JEOL USA, Inc., Peabody, MA, USA) | Positive ionization mode |
Differentiation by visual inspection and chemometric analysis on a series of five types of gasoline (Davis 2015) | Finnigan LTQ mass spectrometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.) | Positive ionization mode |
Study of the polymeric components of the fuel additives (Barnett and Zhang 2018) | Thermo LTQ XL mass spectrometer coupled with DART-SVPâ„¢ Ion Source (IonSense, USA) | Positive ionization mode |
Study of neat ignitable liquids and five contaminated substrates by QuickStrip DART-MS configuration (Barnett 2019; Barnett and Bailey 2019) | Thermo LTQ XL mass spectrometer coupled with DART-SVPâ„¢ Ion Source (IonSense, USA) | Positive ionization mode |