30456
Accession Number
24415
Title Of Article Chaper
Forensic Characterization of Papers. II: Determination of Batch Differences by Scanning Electron Microscopic Elemental Analysis of the Inorganic Components
Title Of Journal Book
Journal of forensic sciences
Pages
524-533
Collation
10 p. : ill.
Reference Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
A previous paper of this series reported the initial results of a study designed to investigate the application of SEM microanalysis to paper. Fifty-four different papers, primarily writing papers, were analyzed; the wide variation of elemental content confirmed the forensic usefulness of such an analysis. In addition, the compositional uniformity of two common writing papers was examined more closely; even for very small test areas ( ~ 0.06 mm<sup>2</sup>), the apparent compositional variations across the sheet were much less than those between different papers. This paper reports the results of a continuation of the previous study in which attention is now focused on the compositional variations among identically labeled sheets of paper.
Keywords
forensic;paper;characterization;scanning electron microscope; elemental analysis;inorganic component
pub_id
30456