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Explosives (publications in chronological order)

426. Barnette, J.E., M.J. Lott, J.D. Howa, D. W. Podlesak, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2011. d2H and d18O isotope values in hydrogen peroxide. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 25:1422-1428. doi:10.1022/rcm.5004 PDF

450. Howa, J.D., M.J. Lott, L.A. Chesson, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2014. Carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios of factory produced RDX and HMX. Forensic Science International 240:80-87. Doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.04.013 PDF

451. Howa, J.D., M.J. Lott, L.A. Chesson, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2014. Isolation and stable nitrogen isotope analysis of ammonium ions in ammonium nitrate prills using sodium tetraphenylborate. Forensic Science International 28:1530-1534, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcm.6929 PDF

464. 1.Lott, M.J., J.D. Howa, L.A. Chesson, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2015. Improved accuracy and precision in 15NAIR measurements of explosives, urea, and inorganic nitrates by EA-IRMS using thermal decomposition. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 29:1381-1388. PDF

476. 1.Howa, J.D., M.J. Lott, L.A. Chesson, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2016. Isolation of components of plastic explosives for isotope ratio mass spectrometry. Forensic Chemistry doi://10.1016/j.forc.2016.07.003 PDF

478. Chesson, L.A., J.D. Howa, M.J. Lott, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2016. A component-specific approach for applying isotope ratio mass spectrometry to explosives. Forensic Chemistry 2:9-14. doi:10.1016/j.forc.2016.08.003. PDF

492. 1.Howa, J., J.E. Barnette, L.A. Chesson, M.J. Lott, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2018. TATP isotope ratios as influenced by worldwide acetone variation. Talanta 181:125-131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2018.01.001. PDF
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539. Ehleringer, J.R., and J.D. Howa. 2026. d13C and d15N values of residues provide insights into identification of the explosive source. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 40:e70057. Https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.70057 PDF

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