Water-soaked evidence: Detectability of explosive traces after immersion in water

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 312-317

  Kamyshny, Alexander ^a   Magdassi, Shlomo ^a   Avissar, Yaniv ^b   Almog, Joseph ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Explosive traces; Explosives; Forensic science; PETN; RDX; Semtex; TNT; Water soaked evidence

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ACCIDENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COMBUSTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; EXPLOSION; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER IMMERSION; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 0037346485     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2002017     Document Type: Article

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