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ISSN: 0022-1198
Page Count: 7

A Measurement of Human Hair Oxidation by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
Tumosa, CS
Chemist and criminalist, Philadelphia Police Laboratory, PA

Brenner, L
Chemist and criminalist, Philadelphia Police Laboratory, PA

Garry, M
Miles Pharmaceuticals, CT

Squires, PL
Graduate student, Northeastern University, College of Criminal Justice, MA

(Received 10 September 1984; accepted 24 September 1984)

Abstract

Human scalp hair samplees were oxidized to determine the sulfonic acid absorption peak. This peak was monitored at 1044 cm−1 by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) in hair samples from 135 whites and found to provide a degree of discrimination in treated and untreated hairs. The effects of moisture, laboratory storage, natural hair color, and variation over time were also studied.



Keywords:
forensic science, hair, spectroscopic analysis, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, hair treatment

Paper ID: JFS11821J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11821J
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