EST says it has ability to detect TATP components
As worry about liquid bombs grows following the arrest last week of 21 suspected British terrorists, a company claims to have a long-proven record of detecting tri-cycloacetone peroxide and its component chemicals.
Perhaps they considered calling it the Basset Hound. Still, zNose captures the idea just as well. As worry about liquid bombs grows following the arrest last week of twenty-one suspected British terrorists, Electronic Sensor Technology (EST) (OTCBB: ESNR) claims that it already has a long-proven record of detecting tri-cycloacetone peroxide (TATP) and its component parts. TATP was shoe-bomber Richard Reid’s explosive of choice, and it is believed that the British suspects, wise to trace explosive detection technology, planned to concoct it on board their respective aircrafts. The ability to quickly identify the component parts (acetone, hydrogen peroxide, and hydrochloric or sulfuric acid) would go far in deterring similar future attacks.
According to Newbury Park, California-based EST, zNose, which comes in two different portable models and is the first gas chromatograph based on the propriatary Surface Acoustic Wave technology, “provides comprehensive, real time analysis of any chemical, vapor, or toxin in less than ten seconds with part-per-trillion sensitivity.” Not currently in use for anti-terrorism operations, zNose is currently distributed worldwide for anti-drug, environmental monitoring, and petrochemical plant safety purposes. The company notes that the zNose is designed to “complement rather than replace conventional trace detectors and canines.”
-Read more in this press release; watch a demonstration video at company Web site
