Flame spectroscopy technology is an important tool for first responders in order to detect existing and emerging chemical and biological threats. An overview of flame spectroscopy will be covered showing showing how it works and what it is able to detect. Various examples showing detection of different types of toxic industrial materials, opioids such as Fentanyl, and chemical warfare agents including fourth generation agents such as Novichoks will be covered along with videos. Simultaneous detection of both chemical and biological materials will also be discussed.
Learning Objectives:
Provide an overview of flame spectroscopy to demonstrate how the technology works and understand what it is able to detect and not detect.
Provide chemical detection principles and provide different real world detection examples for toxic industrial material, opioids and chemical warfare agent detection.
Provide information on how flame spectroscopy can be used to simultaneously detect chemical and biological agents.
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