ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 October 1976
Page Count: 7

A Scanning Electron Microscope Study of Dried Blood
Samudra, AV
Professors, Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute, Ill.

Johari, O
Professors, Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute, Ill.

Dixon, TR
Criminalist, Illinois Bureau of Identification, Ill.

Stewart, WD
Chemist, Nuclear Semiconductor, Calif.

(Received 15 September 1975; accepted 18 March 1976)

Abstract

The identification of a suspected stain or crust as being blood can be a difficult task for the forensic scientist. To date, either the benzidine test, discovered in 1904, or the phenolphthalein test [1] has been employed with either the Takayama crystal test, discovered in 1912, or the Teichmann crystal test [2] in confirming the presence of blood.

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Paper ID: JFS10563J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS10563J
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