Thermal degradation analysis of amino acids in fingerprint residue by pyrolysis GC-MS to develop new latent fingerprint developing reagents

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 380-382

  Richmond Aylor, Amy ^a   Bell, Suzanne ^a   Callery, Patrick ^a   Morris, Keith ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Criminalistics; Fingerprint residue; Forensic science; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Latent fingerprints; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

3,6 DIMETHYLPIPERAZINE 2,5 DIONE; ALANINE DERIVATIVE; AMINO ACID; INDICATOR; ION; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; MALEIMIDE; REAGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; HEAT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

DERMATOGLYPHICS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HEAT; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MALEIC ANHYDRIDES; MALEIMIDES; PIPERAZINES;

EID: 33847093010     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00384.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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