Elemental analysis of white electrical tapes by wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry

Forensic Science International

Volumn 232, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 169-172

  Sun, Zhenwen ^a   Quan, Yangke ^a   Sun, Yuyou ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE   (China)

Author keywords

Backing; Discriminating power; Electrical tape; Elemental composition; Forensic science; X ray fluorescence spectrometry

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BARIUM; CHLORIDE; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; SILICON; SULFUR; TIN; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTRICAL TAPE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENERAL DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84882982121     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.07.009     Document Type: Article

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