Characterization of Smokeless Powders

Forensic Analysis on the Cutting Edge: New Methods for Trace Evidence Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 241-268

  Moorehead, Wayne ^a  

^a Orange County Sheriff Department   (United States)

Author keywords

"classic" flattened ball powder; Smokeless powder in forensic science; Smokeless powders infrared spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955471526     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470166932.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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