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EVALUATION OF AUTOMOBILE PAINT FLAKES AS EVIDENCE

NCJ Number
35662
Journal
Journal of Forensic Sciences Volume: 21 Issue: 3 Dated: (JULY 1976) Pages: 636-641
Author(s)
J A GOTHARD
Date Published
1976
Length
6 pages
Annotation
PAINT FLAKES FROM 500 VEHICLES IN NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA, WERE ANALYZED BY MICROSCOPE, INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, EMISSION SPECTROGRAPHY, AND PYROLYSIS/ GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ONLY FOUR CARS WERE UNIDENTIFIABLE.
Abstract
THE CARS THAT COULD NOT BE DIFFERENTIATED WERE SAME-YEAR IDENTICAL MODELS PAINTED THE SAME COLOR.

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