Antipersonnel landmines

There is a demand for rapid detection of explosives, especially for environmental restoration and humanitarian demining. Among these compoimds, trinitrotoluene (TNT) has attracted a great deal of attention as a main constituent of most of antipersonnel landmines and due to its toxic, mutagenic, and carcinogenic effects. 

A land mine is intended for placement on the ground or beneath its surface and is designed to destroy or damage vehicles such as tanks ["antitank (A/T) landmines ], or to wound or kill the personnel ["antipersonnel (A/P) landmines"]... 

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