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Author: James E. Girard
Title: Criminalistics: Forensic Science and Crime
Chapter Outcomes
After reading this chapter, you will be able to:
 
  • The classification of explosives
  • The composition of commerical explosives such as dynamite and ammonium nitrate/fuel oil (ANFO)
  • The composition of military explosives
  • How improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are made
  • Field tests for explosive residue
  • Confirmatory laboratory tests for explosive reisdue
  • The use of taggants to identify the manufacturer of an explosive
Link: Jones and Bartlett Publishers