Jerusalem-IDenta Corp. has announced the development of what it says is a new, much-requested explosive detector that is able to distinguish between ammonium nitrate, which can be used as an explosive, and ammonium phosphate, a common non-explosive fertilizer. Commenting that both look the same but that one is very dangerous and the other is a useful substance, IDenta says that its new kit was developed for an unidentified U.S. agency, with which the company expects to sign an agreement for purchase of 100,000 kits. The company believes the kits will provide the agency with an inexpensive, reliable, safe, and easy-to-use device to detect real ammonium explosive on the spot. IDenta Corp. CEO Yaacov Shoham stated, “We do believe that this new kit will also be useful for many other army and homeland security agencies in the states and around the world. This kit as far as we know is unique with IDenta and it will, as will all existing IDenta explosive kits, give the best results in detecting substances suspected as being explosive. This kit will fill a void that now exists in detecting explosives.”
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