ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 January 1980
Page Count: 51

Automotive Repaints: Just a New Look?
Percy, RFE
Technologist in charge, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Crime Detection Laboratory, Alberta

Audette, RJ
Assistant director, Provincial Analyst Laboratory, Alberta Agriculture, Alberta

(Received 22 March 1979; accepted 27 July 1979)

Abstract

The variety and complexity of primers and paints now used to refinish automobiles assist the forensic chemist in making more specific comparisons of paint samples. Infrared spectroscopy was used to determine the chemical composition of 254 samples of refinishing topcoat products and to establish a data base for comparisons of spectra of unknown samples. Spectra representative of six major types of refinishing products are presented.

Keywords:
criminalistics, paints, automobiles, spectroscopic analysis

Paper ID: JFS10955J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS10955J
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