Enhancing the quality of aged latent fingerprints developed by superglue fuming: Loss and replenishment of initiator

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1138-1144

  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

Aging; Cyanoacrylate; Enhancement; Fingerprints; Forensic science; Polymerization; Quartz crystal microbalance; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; CYANOACRYLATE; POLYMER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CRIME; DEGRADATION; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; PH; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; WATER LOSS;

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; CYANOACRYLATES; DERMATOGLYPHICS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; TIME FACTORS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 50449088065     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00822.x     Document Type: Article

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