ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 4

Microfibers—A Forensic Perspective
Wiggins, KG
Metropolitan Police Forensic Science Laboratory,

Clayson, NJ
Metropolitan Police Forensic Science Laboratory,

(Received 29 July 1996; accepted 27 January 1997)

Abstract

This manuscript is a review of information relevant to the forensic scientist in the developing field of microfiber production. Manufacturing methods and applications are discussed and examples given. Two cases in which microfibers were transferred are discussed and the evidential value is assessed.

Keywords:
forensic science, criminalistics, microfiber, fiber production, spectrophotometry, thin layer chromatography, infrared spectroscopy

Paper ID: JFS14218J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS14218J
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