Forensic mass spectrometry: scientific and legal precedents

GP Jackson, MA Barkett - Journal of the American Society for …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Mass spectrometry has made profound contributions to the criminal justice system by
providing an instrumental method of analysis that delivers exquisite analytical figures of …

Isotope ratio mass spectrometry in forensic science applications

MPV Matos, GP Jackson - Forensic Chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
This review highlights advances in the application of isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS)
to materials of interest to the forensic community. We give special attention to the natural …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical attribution of the homemade explosive ETN-Part II: Isotope ratio mass spectrometry analysis of ETN and its precursors

K Bezemer, L McLennan, R Hessels, J Schoorl… - Forensic Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this follow-up study the collaboration between two research groups from the USA and the
Netherlands was continued to expand the framework of chemical attribution for the …

Forensic utility of a nitrogen and oxygen isotope ratio time series of ammonium nitrate and its isolated ions

BL Grimm, LA Stern, AJ Lowe - Talanta, 2018 - Elsevier
Ammonium nitrate (AN) based fertilizers are inexpensive and easily obtained, characteristics
that often lead to their use in homemade explosive devices. The stable nitrogen and oxygen …

Isolation of components of plastic explosives for isotope ratio mass spectrometry

JD Howa, MJ Lott, LA Chesson, JR Ehleringer - Forensic Chemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
An improved method for the separation of the components of plastic explosives is described
with the goal of stable isotope ratio analysis of each isolated component. The binder and …

Forensic discrimination of smokeless powders using carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios

SR Hlohowskyj, K Kew, L Stern… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Improvised explosive devices pose a threat to the public by way of terrorism and criminal
activities. In the United States a commonly used low explosive in improvised explosive …

Influences of oxidation ability on precision in nitrogen isotope measurements of organic reference materials using elemental analysis‐isotope ratio mass spectrometry

N Wang, J Liu, Y Zhang, C **a, D Lin… - Rapid …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Rationale The precision of the standard measurements of reference materials (RMs) is
critical to normalize the raw δ15N values of samples to the international scale. Because the …

Bulk δ15N measurements of organic‐rich rock samples by elemental analyzer/isotope ratio mass spectrometry with enhanced oxidation ability

W Han, L Feng, H Li, W Liu - Rapid Communications in Mass …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Rationale Elemental analyzer/isotope ratio mass spectrometry (EA/IRMS) has been widely
used for nitrogen isotope ratio determination in various organic and inorganic samples …

Atomic spectrometry update: review of advances in atomic spectrometry and related techniques

EH Evans, J Pisonero, CMM Smith… - Journal of Analytical …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
This review of 151 references covers developments in 'Atomic Spectrometry'published in the
twelve months from November 2014 to November 2015 inclusive. It covers atomic emission …

[HTML][HTML] 富有机质页岩氮同位素分析方法研究

胡志中, 晏雄, 金鹭, 赵安坤, 徐国栋, 杜谷 - 岩矿测试, 2023 - cgsjournals.com
页岩氮同位素是重建古环境中生物地球化学循环的重要工具, 也为判断原油的沉积环境,
油源对比等提供地球化学指标, 但页岩氮同位素比值分析在研究中面临着含量较低 …