A study of the performance and utility of annealing in forensic glass analysis

Forensic Science International

Volumn 155, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 119-125

  Newton, A W N ^a   Kitto, L ^a   Buckleton, J S ^a  

^a MT ALBERT RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Annealing; Forensic casework; Glass; Refractive index

Indexed keywords

GLASS;

DATA ANALYSIS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; REVIEW;

EID: 26844507466     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.11.008     Document Type: Article

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