Glass-containing gunshot residue particles: A new type of highly characteristic particle?

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 538-553

  Collins, Peter ^a   Coumbaros, John ^b   Horsley, Graham ^a   Lynch, Bernard ^a   Kirkbride, K Paul ^b   Skinner, William ^c   Klass, Gunter ^c  

^a Chemistry Centre Western Australia   (Australia)

^b FORENSIC SCIENCE SA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

0.22 caliber ammunition; Borosilicate glass; Forensic science; Frictionator; Glass; Gunshot residue; Scanning electron microscopy; Time of flight secondary ion mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

BARIUM DERIVATIVE; GLASS; GUNPOWDER; LEAD;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EVALUATION; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037696646     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2002084     Document Type: Article

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