A study to investigate the feasibility of using X-ray fluorescence microanalysis to improve discrimination between colorless synthetic fibers

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1019-1026

  Cartier, Julien ^a   Roux, Claude ^b   Grieve, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Forensic Science Institute   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acrylic; Brightfield microscopy; Colorless fibers; Criminalistics; Fluorescence microscopy; Forensic science; Fourier transform infrared microspectrometry; Polyester; X ray fluorescence microanalysis

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID; POLYESTER;

ARTICLE; CRIME; FIBER; FORENSIC SCIENCE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; MICROANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROMETRY; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0030698709     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14254j     Document Type: Article

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