Forensic significance of bullet lead compositions

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 341-351

  Koons, Robert D ^a,b   Buscaglia, JoAnn ^a  

^a FBI LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Federal Bureau of Investigation   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullet; Criminalistics; Elemental analysis; Forensic science; ICP AES; Lead analysis; Trace evidence

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BISMUTH; CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; SILVER; TIN;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BULLET; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRIME; CRIMINOLOGY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

EID: 14844334555     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2004212     Document Type: Conference Paper

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