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Development of latent fingerprints on different surface materials by candle soot coating

Jonas, Albert (2020). Development of latent fingerprints on different surface materials by candle soot coating. CHEMKON, 27 (8), pp. 397-400. 10.1002/ckon.202000014

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Thefastand simple method of making latent fin-gerprints visiblebycandlesootcoating is presented forschool classes. Theprocess enablesfingerprintstobedev-elopedquickly andsafelyonvarious surfaces (glass,cera-mic, metal, paper),creatingadark,positiveimpression withhigh contrast.The basisofthe methodlies in thedifferentdegreesofadhesionofsoot particlesonthe residuesofthefingerprint on the one handand the backgroundmaterial onthe other. In the contextofforensics, the experiment provi-desamotivating introductiontothe topicof vander Waalsinteractions in chemistryclasses.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

PHBern Contributor:

Jonas, Albert, Oetken, Marco

ISSN:

0944-5846

Language:

German

Submitter:

Albert Jonas

Date Deposited:

22 Feb 2024 10:23

Last Modified:

23 Feb 2024 20:53

Publisher DOI:

10.1002/ckon.202000014

PHBern DOI:

10.57694/7304

URI:

https://phrepo.phbern.ch/id/eprint/7304

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