COMPARISON OF AUTOMOTIVE GASOLINES USING CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY II: LIMITATIONS OF AUTOMOTIVE GASOLINE COMPARISONS IN CASEWORK

When comparing gasoline recovered from a fire scene with a possible source, several factors must be considered, including the variability introduced by the recovery method, possible contamination of the data by pyrolysis products, distortion of the data as a result of evaporation of the gasoline, and other alterations of the recovered gasoline by chemical and physical interactions. All of these factors can contribute to a decrease in the specificity of comparisons of gasoline recovered from fire debris relative to liquid gasoline comparisons.

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  American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

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• Authors:
  • MANN, D C
• Publication Date: 1987-5

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 616-628
• Serial:
  • Journal of Forensic Sciences
  • Volume: 32
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
  • ISSN: 0022-1198
  • EISSN: 1556-4029
  • Serial URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1556-4029

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fire causes; Forensic medicine; Gas chromatography; Gasoline; Identification systems
• Uncontrolled Terms: Identification; Sources
• Old TRIS Terms: Arson
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00493536
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-040 232
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 30 1990 12:00AM