Employing glass refractive index measurement (GRIM) in fiber analysis: A simple method for evaluating the crystallinity of acrylics

Forensic Science International

Volumn 149, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 193-200

  Causin, Valerio ^a   Marega, Carla ^a   Schiavone, Sergio ^b   Marigo, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Reparto Carabinieri IS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acrylics; Crystallinity degree; Fibers; Forensic science; Refractive index

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GLASS REFRACTIVE INDEX MEASUREMENT; LINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTION INDEX;

EID: 14644397950     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.06.015     Document Type: Article

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