Forensic Investigation of ExplosionsAlexander Beveridge This text has been shaped by the editor's experiences on task forces set up to investigate major explosives incidents and related civil and criminal proceedings. Chapters cover methods, applications, quality control, and significance of forensic chemistry, aircraft sabotage investigation, forensic pathology, and presentation of expert testimony. Contributors provide descriptions of the physics and chemistry of explosions and explosives, the detection of hidden explosives, and the procedures carried out at the scenes of gas explosions in buildings. Experienced professionals from industry, government, and the medical and legal professionals provide accounts of the developments and techniques in each of their subject areas. |
Contents
1 The History Development and Characteristics of Explosives and Propellants | 1 |
2 Physics of Explosion Hazards | 16 |
3 Detection of Hidden Explosives | 51 |
4 General Protocols at the Scene of an Explosion | 85 |
5 Recovery of Material from the Scene of an Explosion and its Subsequent Forensic Laboratory Examinationa Team Approach | 113 |
6 Aircraft Explosive Sabotage Investigation | 148 |
7 Investigation of Gas Phase Explosions in Buildings | 206 |
8 Chromatography of Explosives | 262 |
10 Quality Control in the Detection and Identification of Traces of Organic High Explosives | 363 |
11 Analysis of Low Explosives | 394 |
12 The Significance of Analytical Results in Explosives Investigation | 448 |
13 Evidence of Explosive Damage to Materials in Air Crash Investigations | 464 |
14 The Use of Vibration Spectrograms in Aircraft Accident Investigation | 509 |
15 Forensic Pathology of Victims of an Explosion | 519 |
16 Presentation of Explosive Casework Evidence | 538 |
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