FORENSIC EXAMINATION OF GLASS AND PAINT

By X. ELZIY

1 WHAT IS TRACE EVIDENCE? 2 THE COMPOSITION AND MANUFACTURE OF GLASS AND ITS DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS 3 MICROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES FOR GLASS EXAMINATION 4 ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS OF GLASS FRAGMENTS 5 STATISTICAL INTERPRETATION OF GLASS EVIDENCE 6 INTERPRETATION OF PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF GLASS EVIDENCE 7 COMPOSITION, MANUFACTURE AND USE OF PAINT 8 THE ROLE OF COLOUR AND MICROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES FOR THE CHARACTERISATION OF PAINT FRAGMENTS 9 PYROLYSIS TECHNIQUES FOR THE CHARACTERISATION AND DISCRIMINATION OF PAINT 10 USE OF INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY FOR THE CHARACTERISATION OF PAINT FRAGMENTS 11 SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROMETRY (SEM/EDS) FOR THE FORENSIC EXAMINATION OF PAINTS AND COATINGS 12 THE INTERPRETATION OF PAINT EVIDENCE