The effect of chlorine and hydrogen chloride on latent fingermark evidence

Forensic Science International

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 70-77

  McDonald, Debbie ^a   Pope, Hazel ^a   Miskelly, Gordon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chlorine; Cyanoacrylate fuming; Ethanolamine; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Gas chromatograph mass spectroscopy; Hydrogen chloride; Latent fingermarks; Ninhydrin; Powder dusting

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; CYANOACRYLATE; ETHANOLAMINE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; NINHYDRIN; TRIETHYLAMINE;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 49949152297     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.04.017     Document Type: Article

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