ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 April 1981
Page Count: 9

Analysis of Brass by X-Ray Powder Diffraction
Rendle, DF
Senior scientific officer, The Metropolitan Police Forensic Science Lab,

(Received 11 August 1980; accepted 3 September 1980)

Abstract

X-ray powder diffraction provides useful discrimination between brass specimens that occur as contact traces. Phases are identified and under favorable circumstances may be quantified. The copper/zinc ratio within a single-phase brass can be estimated with ease to ±1%.

Keywords:
criminalistics, radiography, brass, X-ray diffraction

Paper ID: JFS11367J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11367J
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