A Measurement of Human Hair Oxidation by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
Brenner, L
Chemist and criminalist, respectively, Philadelphia Police Laboratory, Philadelphia, PA.

Squires, PL
Graduate student, Northeastern University, College of Criminal Justice, Boston, MA.

Garry, M
Formerly, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT; presently, Miles Pharmaceuticals, West Haven, CT.

Tumosa, CS
Chemist and criminalist, respectively, Philadelphia Police Laboratory, Philadelphia, PA.


Abstract
Human scalp hair samples were oxidized to determine the sulfonic acid absorption peak. This peak was monitored at 1044 cm^-1 by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) in hair samples from 135 whites and found to provide a degree of discrimination in treated and untreated hairs. The effects of moisture, laboratory storage, natural hair color, and variation over time were also studied.

Keywords:
forensic science, fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, hair, hair treatment, oxidation, spectroscopic analysis

Paper ID: JFS302850420

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