Chemical fingerprinting of gasoline: 2. Comparison of unevaporated and evaporated automotive gasoline samples

Forensic Science International

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-59

  Sandercock, P M L ^a   Du Pasquier, E ^b  

^a ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE   (Canada)

^b ECA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arson; Chemical fingerprinting; Evaporated gasoline petrol; GC MS; PCA; Unevaporated automotive gasoline

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE;

ARSON; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EVAPORATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION MONITORING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE;

EID: 0842304908     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2003.11.016     Document Type: Article

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