Identifying a suitable mounting medium for use in forensic fibre examination.
As the result of a previous study many laboratories have used XAM neutral medium-improved white mounting medium in textile fibre examination for more than 20 years. Due to European Directive 98/79/EC, XAM is no longer available and an alternative needed to be found. A list of desirable properties was formulated and a number of mounting media were tested against this. Entellan New was identified as the best mounting medium, and performed similarly to XAM in all aspects.
Forensic Science Service, 109 Lambeth Road, London SE1 7LP, England.
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D044707:Forensic Sciences / Q000379:methods*; D012117:Resins, Synthetic; D013784:Textiles
D012117:Resins, Synthetic; C052885:entellan