Science & Justice
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 2-8, May 2007

Identifying a suitable mounting medium for use in forensic fibre examination

Forensic Science Service, 109 Lambeth Road, London, SE1 7LP, England

Received 2 September 2005; accepted 5 October 2006.

Abstract 

As the result of a previous study many laboratories have used XAM neutral medium-improved white mounting medium in textile fibre examination for more than 20 years. Due to European Directive 98/79/EC, XAM is no longer available and an alternative needed to be found. A list of desirable properties was formulated and a number of mounting media were tested against this. Entellan New was identified as the best mounting medium, and performed similarly to XAM in all aspects.

Keywords: Mounting medium, Fibre, XAM neutral medium-improved white, Entellan New

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PII: S1355-0306(07)00005-6

doi:10.1016/j.scijus.2006.10.001

Science & Justice
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 2-8, May 2007

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