Lower limits of detection of synchrotron radiation high-energy X-ray fluorescence spectrometry and its possibility for the forensic application for discrimination of glass fragments

Forensic Science International

Volumn 175, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 227-234

  Nakanishi, Toshio ^a   Nishiwaki, Yoshinori ^a   Miyamoto, Naoki ^a   Shimoda, Osamu ^a   Watanabe, Seiya ^a   Muratsu, Seiji ^a   Takatsu, Masahisa ^a   Terada, Yasuko ^b   Suzuki, Yasuhiro ^c   Kasamatsu, Masaaki ^c   Suzuki, Shinichi ^c  

^a Forensic Science Laboratory of Hyogo Prefectural Police HQ   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POLICE SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Discrimination of glass fragments; Elemental analysis; LLD; SPring 8 BL37XU; SR XRF

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CALCIUM; CERIUM; GLASS; HAFNIUM; LANTHANIDE; LEAD; RUBIDIUM; SAMARIUM; STRONTIUM; TIN; TRACE ELEMENT; ZIRCONIUM;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY;

EID: 38849168142     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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