Ways of identifying textile fibers and materials

Identification of Textile Fibers

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 6-26

  Houck, M M ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORENSIC SCIENCE;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; FIBER IDENTIFICATIONS; TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY;

TEXTILES;

EID: 84873030992     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781845695651.1.6     Document Type: Chapter

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