A quantitative differentiation method for acrylic fibers by infrared spectroscopy

Forensic Science International

Volumn 151, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 125-131

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Esplosivi ed Infiammabili   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acrylics; Copolymers; Crystallinity; Fibers; Forensic science; Infrared spectroscopy; Polyacrylonitrile; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID; CARBON; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN; MONOMER; NITRILE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEXTILE FIBER;

EID: 20444419069     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.02.004     Document Type: Article

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