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.
Wiggins
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Forensic Science Service, 109 Lambeth Road, London SE1 7LP, England.
Drummond
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D044707:Forensic Sciences / Q000379:methods*; D012117:Resins, Synthetic; D013784:Textiles
D012117:Resins, Synthetic; C052885:entellan