Forensic classification of polyester fibers by infrared dichroic ratio pattern recognition

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 283-291

  Cho, Liling ^a   Reffner, John A ^b   Wetzel, David L ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Spectra Tech Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Dichroism; Discriminant analysis; Fiber analysis; Forensic science criminalistics; Fourier transform infrared (FT IR) microspectroscopy; Infrared; Polarization

Indexed keywords

POLYESTER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLASSIFICATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; INFRARED RADIATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; SPECTROMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEXTILE;

EID: 0033042744     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14453j     Document Type: Article

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