The current procedure for assessing a “match” (analytically indistinguishable chemical compositions) between a crime-scene (CS) bullet and a potential suspect’s (PS) bullet starts with three pieces ...
Materials scientists say they’ve taken nearly 300-year-old toxic waste—a stockpile of spherical lead bullets from the 16th and 17th centuries, tainted with carbon residue, metal impurities, and the ...
When a crime involves gunfire, examination of physical evidence derived from ammunition often yields key pieces of evidence used in the investigation of that crime. Firearms examination focuses on ...