Stable Isotope Forensics: An Introduction to the Forensic Application of Stable Isotope Analysis by Wolfram Meier-Augenstein

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Stable Isotope Forensics
An Introduction to the Forensic Application of
Stable Isotope Analysis
by Wolfram Meier-Augenstein

Stable Isotope Forensics provides the first comprehensive, overview and guide to forensic isotope analysis.

Topics are introduced using examples and real-life case studies such as food quality control where isotope analysis has already had a major impact, in terms of consumer protection. These examples illustrate the underlying principles of isotope profiling or fingerprinting.

A section comprising actual criminal case work is used to build a bridge between the introduction and the technical section providing hands-on examples for the experienced researcher and forensic practitioner to match problems and success stories encountered with the topics discussed in the technical section.

Contents

I. How It Works

What are Stable Isotopes?
Natural Abundance Variation of Stable Isotopes
Chemically Identical and Yet Not the Same
Isotope Effects, Mass Discrimination and Isotopic Fractionation
Stable Isotopic Distribution and Isotopic Fractionation of Light Elements in Nature
Stable Isotope Forensics in Everyday Life
Summary of Part I
Set problems

II. Instrumentation and Analytical Techniques

Mass Spectrometry versus Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry
Instrumentation and δ Notation
Isotopic Calibration and Quality Control in Continuous Flow Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry
Statistical Analysis of Stable Isotope Data within a Forensic Context
Forensic Stable Isotope Analytical Procedures
Generic Considerations for Stable Isotope Analysis
Summary of Part II
Set Problems

III. Stable Isotope Forensics: Case Studies and Current Research

Forensic Context
Distinguishing Drugs
Elucidating Explosives
Matching Matchsticks
Provenancing People
Stable Isotope Forensics of other Physical Evidence

Government Agencies and Institutes with Dedicated Stable Isotope Laboratories

Index

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Stable Isotope Forensics
An Introduction to the Forensic Application
of Stable Isotope Analysis
by Wolfram Meier-Augenstein
2010 • 296 pages • $128.95 + shipping
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