
Raman spectroscopy is highly sensitive to the chemicals used in explosives and their precursors, making Raman the preferred choice for EOD, bomb squads and law enforcement around the world.
Furthermore, hazardous materials often pose a very real threat to first responders, who quickly and safely need to understand if it is safe to proceed and what kind of personal protection equipment is needed.
Serstech’s solutions have been designed and developed with the everyday challenges of the bomb technician in mind.
The health and safety of the specialist operators is hard to achieve without knowing more about the nature of any chemical threats, often posed during stressful situations...

Working with Arx mkII, the SERS kit provides quick identification of substances like Heroin, Fentanyl, Meth Amphetamine, Ketamine, Cocaine and Amphetamine, even in low concentration street samples.
The Serstech surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) kit has an elegant and foolproof design.
The system features a disposable magnetic sample interface to ensure proper seating, and after a quick sample preparation step, this attaches directly to the standard sample interface.
Once attached, the sample is rotated and vibrated in unison, to ensure excellent mixing and analysis.
The ChemDash software then offers further anaysis and reporting functionality.

The vast majority of narcotic substances can be idenetified with Raman spectroscopy. This does not consume or tamper with the sample, so there is no risk of destroying or invalidating evidence.
The identification is done in seconds and without the need to open the plastic bag or glass container.
Keeping the unknown substance contained is a huge benefit, since many narcotic substances pose health and safety risks to the operator.
The health and safety of the specialist operators is hard to achieve without knowing more about the nature of any chemical threats, often posed during stressful situations...
With a fast start-up, the Serstech Arx mkII is small, light, and easily fits in a pocket or a small bag.