title: Ion mobility spectrometry of drugs of abuse in customs scenarios: concentration and temperature study.
abstract: A custom-built ion mobility spectrometer has been used to obtain the IMS spectra of cocaine, heroin, amphetamine sulfate and LSD at different drug concentrations and desorption temperatures. Practical detection limits for these four drugs were obtained as a function of desorber temperature and for heroin as a function of analysis time. Spectral and ionization interferences for each of the four drugs of interest were determined. Spectral interferences by innocuous materials are few; ionization interferences occur only at very high ratios of the mass of innocuous material to that of the drug of interest.
authors.affiliation: R & D Section, Customs and Excise, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Fytche
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hupé
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Kovar
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pilon
mesh_terms: D000661:Amphetamine / Q000032:analysis*; D002170:Canada; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D004867:Equipment Design; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D013287:Illicit Drugs / Q000032:analysis*; D008238:Lysergic Acid Diethylamide / Q000032:analysis*; D015813:Substance Abuse Detection; D013696:Temperature; D014195:Travel
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs; D008238:Lysergic Acid Diethylamide; D000661:Amphetamine