Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for the detection of gunshot residues on the hands of a shooter

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 30, 2003, Pages 6153-6158

  Dockery, Christopher R ^a   Goode, Scott R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR DETECTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

GUNSHOT RESIDUES;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 0242271399     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.006153     Document Type: Article

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