Discharge residue from mercury fulminate-primed ammunition

Science and Justice - Journal of the Forensic Science Society

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-14

  Wallace, J S ^a  

^a Carrickfergus Co Antrim BT38 8PL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammunition firearms; Atomic absorption spectrophotometry; Firearms discharge residues; Forensic science; Mercury fulminate primers; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

MERCURY DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BULLET; FIREARM; FORENSIC SCIENCE; VAPORIZATION;

EID: 0031983743     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-0306(98)72067-2     Document Type: Article

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