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Article: Picking up the pieces.(Review)
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- Chemistry and Industry
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- February 21, 2000
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Forensic and environmental detection of explosives
Jehuda Yinon
Chichester: John Wiley & Sons 1999 Ppxi+285, [pounds]100, ISBN 0471 98371 3
During the 20th century, the use and abuse of explosives for civil, military and terrorist purposes has increased significantly. As well as finding applications in mining, demolition, oil exploration, quarrying, rocketry, metal forming and safety equipment, explosives have also been widely used for war and terrorism.
Bombings such as PanAm flight 103, London Docklands and the World Trade Centre, coupled with greater awareness of the environmental impact of explosives and their residues, have ...