ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 October 1986
Page Count: 5

Paper Match Comparisons by Submersion
Ward, DC
Special agent document examiner and chemist, FBI Laboratory, DC

Gerhart, FJ
Special agent document examiner and chemist, FBI Laboratory, DC

(Received 8 November 1985; accepted 6 January 1985)

Abstract

Comparisons of torn paper matches are difficult, time-consuming microscopic examinations. A technique is described where adjacent match bodies are submerged in an ethanol/water solution resulting in a significant increase in the number of observable points of identification.

Keywords:
questioned documents, papers, matches, inclusions, submersion

Paper ID: JFS11924J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11924J
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