Understanding the chemistry of the development of latent fingerprints by superglue fuming

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1057-1062

  Wargacki, Stephen P ^a   Lewis, Linda A ^b   Dadmun, Mark D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanoacrylates; Fingerprints; Forensic science; Initiation; Polymerization

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CYANOACRYLATE; LACTATE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALANINE; CYANOACRYLATES; DERMATOGLYPHICS; ECCRINE GLANDS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SODIUM LACTATE; SWEAT; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 34548319332     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00527.x     Document Type: Article

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