Determining the lifetime of detectable amounts of gunshot residue on the hands of a shooter using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Applied Spectroscopy

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1238-1241

  Rosenberg, Matthew B ^a   Dockery, Christopher R ^a  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic analysis; GSR; Gunshot residue; Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy; LIBS

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; BARIUM; POPULATION STATISTICS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

BARIUM EMISSIONS; BARIUM NITRATES; FORENSIC ANALYSIS; GUNSHOT RESIDUE; LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROMETERS; LASERINDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS); LIBS; THRESHOLD-VALUE;

LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 57049156510     PISSN: 00037028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1366/000370208786401473     Document Type: Article

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