Antimony enrichment on the bullets' surfaces and the possibility of finding it in gunshot residue (GSR) of the ammunition having antimony-free primers

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 493-501

  Zeichner, Arie ^a   Schecter, Bernie ^a   Brener, Reuven ^b  

^a Israel Police   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antimony enrichment; Antimony free primer; Forensic science; Gunshot residue

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; GUNPOWDER;

ARTICLE; AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; BALLISTICS; BULLET; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031861138     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs16175j     Document Type: Article

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