ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 July 1982
Page Count: 6

Automated Sampling and Computer-Assisted Identification of Hydrocarbon Accelerants
Strobel, RA
Forensic chemists, National Laboratory Center, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, MD

Tontarski, RE
Forensic chemists, National Laboratory Center, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, MD

(Received 26 September 1981; accepted 2 December 1981)

Abstract

A method is described for rapidly screening samples in arson cases and making a tentative identification of the accelerant present.

Keywords:
criminalistics, arson, accelerants, computer-assisted identification

Paper ID: JFS12179J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS12179J
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