Base-activated latent fingerprints fumed with a cyanoacrylate monomer. A quantitative study using Fourier-transform infra-red spectroscopy

Analytica Chimica Acta

Volumn 362, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 171-176

  Burns, D Thorburn ^a   Brown, John K ^b   Dinsmore, Alan ^b   Harvey, Kevin K ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Forensic Sci Agy N Ireland (F   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Base enhancement; Cyanoacrylate; FT IR; Latent fingerprints

Indexed keywords

CYANOACRYLATE; MONOMER; POLYMER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0032482248     PISSN: 00032670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-2670(98)00070-1     Document Type: Article

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