Open AccessIdentification of Metallic Trace Particles of Injuring Fe-Mn Steel Hammer from Body Trauma
Author(s) -
Chunmei Zhao,
Jing Wang,
Qing Chen,
Fanlong Wang,
Huan Feng,
Mengyan Liu,
Xiaobin Zhu,
Li Liu
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of forensic science and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.132
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 2455-0094
pISSN - 2349-5014
DOI - 10.4103/jfsm.jfsm_23_16
Subject(s) - hammer , trace metal , materials science , metal , trace (psycholinguistics) , scanning electron microscope , mass spectrometry , metallurgy , composite material , chemistry , chromatography , linguistics , philosophy
We describe an effective method for extracting metallic trace particles from injured tissue. As a validation test, we used scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry with the INCAFeature software package to analyze metallic trace particles deposited by different Fe-Mn steel hammers. Our results demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed method. Based on the proposed method, an effective index is suggested for evaluating elemental composition. This index can be used for determining the nature and composition of residue metallic particles, which is likely to be of importance to forensic pathologists