A group of scientists from High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL) of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed a device called ‘OPX Revilator’, which can detect more than 25 pure explosives as well as trace of explosives mixtures in mud, sand, sugar, salt and diesel oil.
“An explosive detection kit, known as EDK, was earlier developed by HEMRL. Based on the principal of colorimetry, it is capable of detecting eight explosives. Concerted efforts were made to develop a new portable device using optics and image processing technologies, which resulted in evolving a new device which is OPX Revilator. This device has capability to detect more than 25 explosives,” KPS Murthy, HEMRL director, told TOI on Friday.
The device is a portable, miniaturised, electronic detector, capable of detecting almost all the explosives used by antisocial elements and in improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The OPX Revilator is capable of detecting and identifying explosives in solid and liquid phases reliably. It can be operated in laboratory and field conditions. It is vitally useful for detection and identification of suspect, unknown samples. It can be used under all weather conditions and is sensitive up to the PPM level,” Murthy informed.
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Source: Indian Defence Research Wing