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Imaging Corrosion at the Metal-Paint Interface Using Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
Published on: May 6, 2019
Application of Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) in forensic science - A review
Elżbieta Maćkiewicz1, Jacek Rogowski1, Małgorzata Iwona Szynkowska-Jóźwik1
1Institute of General and Ecological Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology, Zeromskiego 116, Lodz 90-924, Poland.
Abstract:
The paper presents the possibilities of using the ToF-SIMS technique in the examination of a range of samples as forensic evidence. These include the analysis of documents, the examination of writing media, the analysis of crossing lines, the analysis of cosmetics, hair analysis, the examination of automobile paints, and the analysis of fingerprints and their contamination with exogenous substances. The advantages and disadvantages of this method were analysed with reference to the information that any forensic investigator would wish to obtain when examining highly significant evidence.
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