Diamond cell Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy transmittance analysis of black toners on questioned documents

Forensic Science International

Volumn 214, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 59-66

  Almeida Assis, A C ^b   Barbosa, M F ^b   Valente Nabais, J M ^a   Custodio A F ^a   Tropecelo, P ^a  

^a Especialidade Forense de Documentos   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Diamond cell; Forensic sciences; FTIR; Questioned documents; Spectral library; Toner

Indexed keywords

BLACK TONER; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAMOND CELL FOURIER TRANSFORMED INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84855189901     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.07.019     Document Type: Article

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