A comparison of the use of refractive index (RI) and laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) for the provenance establishment of glass bottles

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 66-76

  May, Christopher D ^a   Watling, R John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemometrics; Container glass; Elemental analysis; Forensic science; Glass comparison; Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Refractive index

Indexed keywords

GLASS; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FORENSIC SCIENCE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REFRACTOMETRY;

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FORENSIC SCIENCES; GLASS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REFRACTOMETRY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 71449107008     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-009-9087-7     Document Type: Article

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