Identification and comparison of electrical tapes using instrumental and statistical techniques: II. Organic composition of the tape backing and adhesive

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 328-338

  Goodpaster, John V ^a   Sturdevant, Amanda B ^b,f   Andrews, Kristen L ^c,g   Briley, Eileen M ^d,h   Brun Conti, Leanora ^e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms   (United States)

^f Troop C Crime Lab   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglomerative hierarchical clustering; Discriminant analysis; Electrical tape; Explosives; Forensic science; Gas chromatography; Infrared spectroscopy; Mass spectrometry; Principal components analysis

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTANCE FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 60849085984     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00969.x     Document Type: Article

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