Abstract
An X-ray color imaging system was used to study primer particles and fired bullets from different .22 rimfire ammunition. The technique proved to be very useful, allowing a ready, concomitant analysis of the morphology of primer particles and their elemental composition. The investigation of the bottom of fired bullets showed that antimony present in the bullet alloy is not evenly distributed, but organized in plates made up of almost pure antimony. Moreover, particles and other traces adherent to lead bottomed bullets containing elements different from lead, therefore, useful to the understanding of primer composition are readily and easily detected.
Keywords:
color imaging, criminalistics, fired bullets, forensic science, gunshot residues, SEM, X-ray
Paper ID: JFS4540865
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Author Ross, AH Affiliation Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Campus Box 8107, North
Carolina State University, Raleigh NC.
Author Slice, DE Affiliation Institute for Anthropology, University of Vienna and Department of
Biomedical Engineering,Wake Forest University School of Medicine,Winston-
Salem, NC.
Author Ubelaker, DH Affiliation Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Author Falsetti, AB Affiliation Director, C.A. Pound Human Identification Laboratory, P.O. Box 112545,
University of Florida, Gainesville FL.
Author Torre C, Mattutino G
Title Application of true color X-ray vision for electron microscopy in fired bullets and gunshot residue investigation
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