Science & Justice
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 9-18 , May 2007

An investigation into the use of calculating the first derivative of absorbance spectra as a tool for forensic fibre analysis

  • K. Wiggins

      Affiliations

    • The Forensic Science Service, 109 Lambeth Road, London, SE1 7LP, United Kingdom
    • Retired January 2006.
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  • R. Palmer

      Affiliations

    • The Forensic Science Service, Hinchingbrooke Park, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE29 6NU, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • W. Hutchinson

      Affiliations

    • The Forensic Science Service, Hinchingbrooke Park, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE29 6NU, United Kingdom
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  • P. Drummond

      Affiliations

    • The Forensic Science Service, 109 Lambeth Road, London, SE1 7LP, United Kingdom

Received 2 November 2005 ,Accepted 21 November 2006.

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PII: S1355-0306(07)00003-2

doi: 10.1016/j.scijus.2006.11.001

Science & Justice
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 9-18 , May 2007

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