ISSN: 0022-1198
Published Online: 1 March 1998
Page Count: 6

Experimental Single Controlled Study of Burned Bones: Contribution of Scanning Electron Microscopy
Ollier, A
Professor of Forensic Medicine, Laboratoire de Médecine Légale, Faculté de Médecine de Nice,

Grévin, G
Anthropologist, Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Physique, CNRS (National Center of Scientific Research),

Quatrehomme, G
Forensic pathologist, Maître de Conférences des Universités, Laboratoire de Médecine Légale, Faculté de Médecine,

Rocca, J-P
Professeur des Universités, Laboratoire de Biomatériaux Dentaires et d'Odontologie Expérimentale (Département Odontologie conservatrice-Endodontie),

Bolla, M
Maître de Conférences des Universités, Laboratoire de Biomatériaux Dentaires et d'Odontologie Expérimentale (Département Sciences Anatomiques),

Muller, M
Maître de Conférences des Universités, Laboratoire de Biomatériaux Dentaires et d'Odontologie Expérimentale (Département Odontologie Légale),

Bailet, P
Anthropologist, Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Physique, CNRS (National Center of Scientific Research),

(Received 3 January 1997; accepted 11 July 1997)

Abstract

Burned bones were studied using Scanning Electron Microscopy. The samples were cut from a maxillary-mandibular block taken during an autopsy. These fragments were heated in a furnace under controlled temperature conditions for 60 minutes. The temperatures ranged from 150 to 1150 degrees Celsius. The results are as following: (i) there are significant alterations of the bone, more and more obvious as the temperature increases, (ii) it appears to be difficult to establish a precise correlation between the temperature and the scanning electron microscopy patterns.

Keywords:
forensic science, identification, burned bone, fire victim, scanning electron microscopy, forensic pathology

Paper ID: JFS16160J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS16160J
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