Forensic differentiation of paper by X-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopy

Forensic Science International

Volumn 197, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 70-74

  Causin, Valerio ^a   Marega, Carla ^a   Marigo, Antonio ^a   Casamassima, Rosario ^b   Peluso, Giuseppe ^b   Ripani, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Esplosivi ed Infiammabili   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cellulose; Forensic science; IR spectroscopy; Paper; Polymers; Questioned documents; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77950297067     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.12.056     Document Type: Article

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