Lead-free primer residues: A qualitative characterization of Winchester WinClean™, Remington/UMC LeadLess™, Federal BallistiClean™, and Speer Lawman CleanFire™ handgun ammunition

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 509-519

  Oommen, Zachariah ^a,b   Pierce, Scott M ^b  

^a Department of Criminal Justice and Forensic Science ^*  (United States)

^b ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminalistics; Energy dispersive spectrometry; Forensic science; Gunshot residue; Lead free primer residue; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BARIUM; CALCIUM; COPPER; GUNPOWDER; LEAD; SILICON; STRONTIUM; SULFUR; ZINC;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRON DISPERSIVE SPECTROMETRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GUNSHOT INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 33646746625     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00107.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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