Criminalistics: Forensic Science and Crime

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After reading this chapter, you will be able to:

The composition of different types of glass The optical and nonoptical properties of glass Techniques to determine the way in which glass has fractured Techniques to determine the way in which glass has fractured Techniques to match glass fragments The use of scanning electron microscopy and X-ray fluorescence to determine the elemental composition of glass