On the potential of Raman microscopy for the forensic analysis of coloured textile fibres

Science and Justice - Journal of the Forensic Science Society

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 215-221

  Jochem, G ^a   Lehnert, R J ^b  

^a Kriminaltechnisches Institut   (Germany)

^b Renishaw GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forensic science; Infrared; Microspectroscopy; Pigments; Raman; Textile fibres

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; NITRILE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; TEXTILE FIBER;

EID: 0036826548     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-0306(02)71831-5     Document Type: Article

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