A New Kind of Molotov? Gasoline-Pool Chlorinator Mixtures

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1064-1069

  Hutches, Katherine ^a   Lord, James ^b  

^a Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives Forensic Science Laboratory   (United States)

^b Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives Fire Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire debris; Forensic science; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Hypergolic mixture; Ignitable liquid; Pool chlorinator

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863453507     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02078.x     Document Type: Article

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