SAMUEL P. HERNÁNDEZ-RIVERA
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LEONARDO C. PACHECO-LONDOÑO
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OLIVA M. PRIMERA-PEDROZO
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ORLANDO RUIZ
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YADIRA SOTO-FELICIANO
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This paper focuses on the measurement of spectroscopic signatures of Chemical Warfare Agent Simulants (CWAS), degradation products of chemical agents and Toxic Industrial Compounds (TIC) using vibrational spectroscopy. Raman Microscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy in liquid and gas phase and Fiber Optics Coupled-Grazing Angle Probe-FTIR were used to characterize the spectroscopic information of target threat agents. Ab initio chemical calculations of energy minimization and FTIR spectra of Chemical Warfare Agents were accompanied by Cluster Analysis to correlate spectral information of real agents and simulants.