Analysis of wrapped or cased object by a hand-held X-ray fluorescence spectrometer

Forensic Science International

Volumn 151, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 267-272

  Ida, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Kawai, Jun ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Forensic Science Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alloy; Hand held spectrometer; Metal; Poison; Shield; Thickness; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; ZINC;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPTON EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; LIGHT SCATTERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 20444378187     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.02.017     Document Type: Article

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