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Preliminary evaluation of a next-generation portable gas chromatograph mass spectrometer (GC-MS) for the on-site analysis of ignitable liquid residues

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Pages 203-221 | Received 05 Feb 2015, Accepted 14 Apr 2015, Published online: 03 Jun 2015

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