Development and validation of AccuTOF-DART™ as a screening method for analysis of bank security device and pepper spray components

Forensic Science International

Volumn 206, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 62-70

  Pfaff, Allison M ^a   Steiner, Robert R ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Virginia Department of Forensic Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank dye; Direct Analysis in Real Time; Forensic science; Mass spectrometry; Pepper spray; Time of flight

Indexed keywords

1 METHYLAMINOANTHRAQUINONE; 2 CHLOROBENZYLIDENEMALONONITRILE; ANTHRAQUINONE; CAPSAICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLOTHING; DEVICE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 79952455071     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.06.018     Document Type: Article

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