Automotive flock and its significance in forensic fibre examinations

Science and Justice

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 77-85

  Jones, Josephine ^a   Coyle, Tiernan ^a  

^a The Centre for Innovation and Enterprise ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discriminating power; Fibres; Flock; FTIR; Microscopy; Raman; Trace evidence; Vehicles

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER; NYLON; POLYESTER;

ARTICLE; CAR; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; MOTOR VEHICLE; NYLON FIBER; POWER ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEXTILE FIBER;

EID: 77951297861     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scijus.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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