Detection and Identification of Explosive Particles in Fingerprints Using Attenuated Total Reflection-Fourier Transform Infrared Spectromicroscopy

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 846-850

  Mou, Yongyan ^a   Rabalais, J Wayne ^a  

^a LAMAR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attenuated total reflectance; detection; fingerprints; Forensic science; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; identification of explosives; nondestructive

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DERMATOGLYPHICS; DINITROBENZENES; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; HUMANS; NITRATES; POWDERS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TRINITROBENZENES; TRINITROTOLUENE;

EID: 67650663984     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01060.x     Document Type: Article

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