Compositional variation in bullet lead manufacture

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 950-958

  Koons, R D ^a   Grant, D M ^a  

^a FBI LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullet; Criminalistics; Elemental analysis; Forensic science; ICP AES; Lead analysis; Trace evidence

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BISMUTH; CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; SILVER; TIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BALLISTICS; BULLET; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FORENSIC SCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SMELTER;

EID: 0036381126     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs15516j     Document Type: Article

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