Experimental single controlled study of burned bones: contribution of scanning electron microscopy.
Burned bones were studied using Scanning Electron Microscopy. The samples were cut from a maxillary-mandibular block taken during an autopsy. These fragments were heated in a furnace under controlled temperature conditions for 60 minutes. The temperatures ranged from 150 to 1150 degrees Celsius. The results are as following: (i) there are significant alterations of the bone, more and more obvious as the temperature increases, (ii) it appears to be difficult to establish a precise correlation between the temperature and the scanning electron microscopy patterns.
Quatrehomme
G
G
Laboratoire de Médecine Légale, Faculté de Médecine, Nice, France.
Bolla
M
M
Muller
M
M
Rocca
J P
JP
Grévin
G
G
Bailet
P
P
Ollier
A
A
D000368:Aged; D002056:Burns / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D018732:Forensic Anthropology / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008334:Mandible / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008338:Mandibular Injuries / Q000473:pathology; D008437:Maxilla / Q000293:injuries / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D010159:Palate / Q000293:injuries / Q000648:ultrastructure*