ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 October 1976
Page Count: 15

Studies of the Spatial Distribution of Firearms Discharge Residues
Seamster, A
Simon Fraser University, British Columbia

Pate, BD
Simon Fraser University, British Columbia

Ruddy, F
Nuclear Radiation Center, Washington State University, Wash.

Gislason, J
Simon Fraser University, British Columbia

Jackson, K
Nuclear Radiation Center, Washington State University, Wash.

Mead, T
Simon Fraser University, British Columbia

(Received 11 November 1975; accepted 23 January 1976)

Abstract

The technique of determining the circumstances of the discharge of a firearm through measurement of the inorganic residue from combustion of the primer has been substantially detailed [1–23]. The principal components of this residue are usually lead (Pb), antimony (Sb), and barium (Ba); the latter two elements may be determined, in the trace quantities encountered, by neutron activation analysis [5,9–11]; all three may be determined by atomic absorption spectrometry [12,13,21,22].

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Paper ID: JFS10574J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS10574J
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