Morphology and composition of pyrotechnic residues formed at different levels of confinement

Forensic Science International

Volumn 186, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 68-74

  Vermeij, Erwin ^a   Duvalois, Willem ^b   Webb, Rutger ^b   Koeberg, Mattijs ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS FORENSIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Post explosion residues; Pyrotechnic compositions; Scanning Electron Microscopy

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 62549105689     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.01.019     Document Type: Article

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