Characterization of background and pyrolysis products that may interfere with the forensic analysis of fire debris

Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-67

  Almirall, José R ^a   Furton, Kenneth G ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire debris analysis; Ignitable liquid residues; Pyrolysis products

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITION; DIESEL FUELS; GASOLINE; IGNITION; PYROLYSIS;

FIRE DEBRIS ANALYSIS; IGNITABLE LIQUID RESIDUES;

FLAMMABILITY TESTING;

EID: 1842576661     PISSN: 01652370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-2370(03)00098-6     Document Type: Article

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