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A Novel Technique for Raman Analysis of Highly Radioactive Samples Using Any Standard Micro-Raman Spectrometer
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PRAXIS--combined mu-Raman and mu-XRF spectrometers in the examination of forensic samples

Janina Zieba-Palus1, Rafał Borusiewicz, Marcin Kunicki

  • 1Institute of Forensic Research, Westerplatte 9, 31-033, Cracow, Poland. jzieba@ies.krakow.pl

Forensic Science International
|June 22, 2007
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