Firework displays as sources of particles similar to gunshot residue

Science and Justice

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-57

  Grima, Matthew ^a   Butler, Mark ^a   Hanson, Robert ^a   Mohameden, Ahmed ^a,b  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Firework; Firework discharge residue; Forensic Science; Gunshot residue; Scanning electron microscope energy dispersive X ray spectrometer

Indexed keywords

GUNPOWDER; STRONTIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIRE AND FIRE RELATED PHENOMENA; FIREWORK; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; X RAY;

EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; FIREARMS; FORENSIC SCIENCES; HAIR; HUMANS; MALTA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARTICULATE MATTER; WIND;

EID: 84856759811     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: 18764452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scijus.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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