Forensic classification of glass employing refractive index measurement

• Main Authors: Ahmad, Umi Kalthom, Asmuje, Nur Fazidah, Ibrahim, Roliana, Kamaruzaman, Nor Ummiza
• Format: Article
• Published: School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia 2012
• Subjects: QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/30480/; http://www.forensics.org.my/volume3no1.php

Burglary and accident cases may involve glass fragments as physical evidence found at the crime scene. In forensic investigation, the major physical examination to determine the origin of glass is refractive index (RI) measurement. It was therefore of interest to determine RI measurements of several...