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Re:Security or theater: no electronics on international flig... by adam-_- on Saturday December 26, 2009 @07:53PM (#1016499)
There is some work been done by Durham Uni to detect liquid explosives:

http://www.governmentbusiness.co.uk/content/view/2072/1/

http://www.kromek.com/products_liquiddetectionscanner.asp?Id...

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Re:Security or theater: no electronics on international flig... by physcab on Sunday December 27, 2009 @05:04AM (#1016918)
I couldn't really tell what their technology is, but it looks like a deviation of ion mobility or gas chromatography. Either way, it probably isn't robust enough for widespread use, since it looks like it has to ingest a sample, and that just isn't practical when you have hundreds of people waiting in line.
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