Stable isotope forensics an introduction to the forensic application of stable isotope analysis / Wolfram Meier-Augenstein.
| Author/creator | Meier-Augenstein, Wolfram |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : J. Wiley, |
| Description | p. ; cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | What are stable isotopes? -- Natural abundance variation of stable isotopes -- Chemically identical and yet not the same -- Isotope effects, mass discrimination, and isotopic fractionation -- Stable isotopic distribution and isotopic fractionation of light elements in nature -- Stable isotope forensics in everyday life -- Set problems -- Mass spectrometry v. isotope ratio mass spectrometry -- Instrumentation and ?-notation -- Isotopic calibration and quality control in CF-IRMS -- Statistical analysis of stable isotope data within a forensic context -- Forensic stable isotope analytical procedures -- Generic considerations for stable isotope analysis -- Set problems -- The forensic context -- Distinguishing drugs -- Elucidating explosives -- Matching matchsticks -- Provenancing people -- Stable isotope forensics of other physical evidence. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2009041399 |
| ISBN | 9780470517055 |