ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 19 February 2004
Page Count: 2

Dr. Walter C. McCrone's Contribution to the Characterization and Identification of Explosives
Hopen, TJ
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, GA

(Received 1 April 2003; accepted 3 June 2003)

Abstract

Dr. McCrone was an amazing individual, possessing many talents and having many interests. He especially loved applying polarized light microscopy (PLM) to answering the question-at-hand and solving problems.He appliedPLMto many different fields including the identification of air pollution particles, asbestos identification, art conservation, pharmaceuticals, industry problems and forensic sciences. A field that I believe he enjoyed the most was the characterization and identification of explosives. Throughout his life he worked on, gave presentations and published articles on the characterization and identification of explosives. Also, he encouraged other scientists to give presentations and publish on the subject by providing “behind the scene” advice and/or be a co-author on a paper. He unselfishly taught others how to apply PLM and incorporate this invaluable tool into their analytical scheme.

Keywords:
Dr.Walter C. McCrone, McCrone, polarized light microscopy, explosives, fusion methods, crystallographic and optical properties

Paper ID: JFS2003330
DOI: 10.1520/JFS2003330
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