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Taggant Types and Previous Uses
Taggant Types and Previous Uses
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Taggant options include addition of volatile chemicals, radioisotopes, or electromagnetic taggants. In countries ratifying the International Civil Aviation Organization's "Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection," plastic explosives are currently being tagged, or "marked," with one of four volatile chemicals.~° Identification Taggants Identification taggants can encode information in a variety of ways and can be added at various points in the production and distribution process.
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and Swiss explosives industries.~3 Previous Evaluation of Taggants In ~ 980, the Of fice of Technology Assessment (OTA) examined the use of identification taggants in commercial explosives.~4 While it concluded that taggants could be useful for law enforcement, OTA noted the need for further development and safety/compatibility evaluation testing.
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