Identification and comparison of electrical tapes using instrumental and statistical techniques: I. Microscopic surface texture and elemental composition

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 610-629

  Goodpaster, John V ^a,d   Sturdevant, Amanda B ^b   Andrews, Kristen L ^c   Brun Conti, Leanora ^a  

^a Bureau of Alcohol   (United States)

^b Troop C Crime Lab   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d National Laboratory Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglomerative hierarchical clustering; Discriminant analysis; Electrical tape; Energy dispersive spectroscopy; Explosives; Forensic science; Principal components analysis; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; CALCIUM; CHLORINE; FILLER; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; SILICON; SULFUR; TITANIUM; ZINC;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL TAPE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 34247399125     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00406.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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