An Investigation into the Use of a Portable Cyanoacrylate Fuming System (SUPERfume ®) and Aluminum Powder for the Development of Latent Fingermarks

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1514-1520

  Fieldhouse, Sarah J ^a  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aluminum powder; Cyanoacrylate fuming; Fingerprints; Forensic science; Latent fingermarks; SUPERfume

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CYANOACRYLATE DERIVATIVE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DERMATOGLYPHICS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; POWDER; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; VOLATILIZATION;

ALUMINUM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CYANOACRYLATES; DERMATOGLYPHICS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; POWDERS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 80055104370     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.01847.x     Document Type: Article

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