The influence of X-ray wavelength and the simulative human skin and muscle obstruction on the detection of human body-hidden drugs by non-intrusive X-ray diffraction method

In order to detect the body-hidden drugs non-intrusively and rapidly, the influence of the X-ray wavelength and covering of the simulative skin and muscle on the detection of methamphetamine sample by synchrotron radiation X-ray diffraction (SR-XRD) technique have been investigated. Synchrotron radiation based X-ray with three different wavelengths (1.29 Å, 1.54 Å, 1.80 Å) has been chosen as the X-ray source. The results indicate that the intensities as well as the number of the diffraction peaks of methamphetamine sample covered by simulative muscle decreased with the increasing of the X-ray wavelength from 1.29 Åto 1.80 Å. In addition, the intensities of the diffraction peaks for methamphetamine will be seriously affected by the covered simulative skin or muscle due to the X-ray absorption. Furthermore, the absorption of X-ray by the simulative muscle seems much stronger than that of the simulative skin. Moreover, the specific molecular structure of the methamphetamine sample has been obtained by X-ray diffraction method.