Comparison of carbon and iron oxide based powder suspension formulations
Journal article
Authors | Clover Ree, L., Chadwick, S. and Moret, S. |
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Abstract | Powder suspensions (PS) are a fingermark development technique made up of a mixture of an insoluble powder and surfactant solution. In the UK, carbon-based PS is used operationally on adhesive surfaces while iron oxide-based PS is used on flexible plastics. In NSW, Australia, only carbon-based suspensions are used due to a lack of research using iron oxide PS in an Australian context. In this research, a range of iron oxide powders and surfactant types were tested to optimise two iron oxide formulations. General observations found that thinner suspensions improved the ease of use in this technique while slightly improving the quality of developed fingermarks. The first optimised formulation involved a magnetic iron-oxide from Fisher Scientific mixed with a dilute Triton X-100 surfactant, and the other an iron-oxide nanopowder from Sigma Aldrich mixed with a 4% Tween 20 solution. The two formulations were then compared with a pre-mixed carbon-based PS, Wet Powder. This comparison showed that the effectiveness of each formulation is heavily dependent on substrate type. Both formulations had issues with heavy background staining on different kinds of surfaces. However, Wet Powder was shown to be the most consistently effective fingermark detection technique overall, especially on adhesive tapes. Despite this, iron-oxide PS were still a highly effective fingermark development technique, notably on plastic surfaces. |
Keywords | Latent fingermark; powder suspension; non-porous surface; surfactant; fingermark residue; fundamental understanding |
Year | 2023 |
Journal | Forensic Science International |
Journal citation | 347, pp. 1-11 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
ISSN | 1872-6283 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2023.111685 |
Web address (URL) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2023.111685 |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 12 Apr 2023 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 11 Apr 2023 |
Deposited | 17 Sep 2024 |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/9zz26/comparison-of-carbon-and-iron-oxide-based-powder-suspension-formulations
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