Identification of Carbonates as Additives in Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive Tape Substrate with Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and Its Application in Three Explosive Cases

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 134-137

  Lv, Jungang ^a   Feng, Jimin ^a   Zhang, Wen ^b   Shi, Rongguang ^c   Liu, Yong ^a   Wang, Zhaohong ^a   Zhao, Meng ^a  

^a Procuratoral Technology and Information Research Center   (China)

^b QILU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Calcium carbonate (CaCO3); Explosive; Forensic science; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Pressure sensitive adhesive

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872413124     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02211.x     Document Type: Article

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