The possibility of using elemental analysis to identify debris from the cutting of mild steel

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 998-1004

  Poolman, Danie G ^a,b   Pistorius, P Chris ^b  

^a Forensic Science Laboratory   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

criminalistics; forensic science; inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry; metal debris; trace elements

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; ELEMENT; MANGANESE; NICKEL; STEEL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0029956746     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14037j     Document Type: Article

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