Spatial variation of refractive index in a pane of float glass

Science and Justice - Journal of the Forensic Science Society

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 71-76

  Bennett, R L ^a   Kim, N D ^a   Curran, J M ^a   Coulson, S A ^b   Newton, A W N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b MT ALBERT RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Criminalistics; Forensic science; Glass; Refractive index; Statistics; Variation

Indexed keywords

GLASS;

ARTICLE; CRIME; REFRACTION INDEX; VARIANCE;

EID: 0041819875     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-0306(03)71746-8     Document Type: Article

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