The use of activated charcoal strips for fire debris extractions by passive diffusion. Part 1: The effects of time, temperature, strip size, and sample concentration

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 361-370

  Newman, Reta Tindall ^a   Dietz, William R ^b   Lothridge, Kevin ^a  

^a Pinellas County Forensic Laboratory   (United States)

^b San Francisco Laboratory Center   (United States)

Author keywords

activated charcoal; adsorption; arson; arson accelerant; criminalistics; fire debris; fire investigation; forensic science; gas chromatography

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION; FIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

EID: 0029882305     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs13922j     Document Type: Article

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