ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 10

The Application of a Simple and Inexpensive Modified Carbon Wire Adsorption/Solvent Extraction Technique to the Analysis of Accelerants and Volatile Organic Compounds in Arson Debris
Tranthim-Fryer, DJ
Chemist and research officer, Forensic Science Laboratory, Chemistry Centre (W.A.),

(Received 29 March 1989; accepted 13 April 1989)

Abstract

A simple, inexpensive carbon wire adsorption/solvent extraction (CWSE) technique that allows for sensitive and reproducible analysis of organic volatiles from arson debris is described. The technique requires a minimum of expensive equipment and is particularly suited to those laboratories without a thermal desorption unit or pyrolyzer. The technique combines static headspace sampling with solvent extraction and analysis by capillary column gas chromatography.

Keywords:
criminalistics, arson, accelerants, volatile organic compounds, solvent extraction, chromatographic analysis, automation

Paper ID: JFS12829J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS12829J
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