Examination of the steps leading up to the physical developer process for developing fingerprints

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 320-329

  Wilson, Jeffrey Daniel ^a   Cantu, Antonio A ^b   Antonopoulos, George ^a   Surrency, Marc J ^a  

^a IISI Corporation   (United States)

^b US Secret Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid wash; Fingerprint; Fingerprint development; Forensic science; Malic acid; Nitric acid; Physical developer; SEM; SEM EDS; Water rinse

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; MALIC ACID; WATER;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAPER; PH; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DERMATOGLYPHICS; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALATES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NITRIC ACID; PAPER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WATER;

EID: 33847110777     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00382.x     Document Type: Article

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