Application of a Simple and Inexpensive Modified Carbon Wire Adsorption/Solvent Extraction Technique to the Analysis of Accelerants and Volatile Organic Compounds in Arson Debris

• NCJ Number: 123877
• Journal: Journal of Forensic Sciences Volume: 35 Issue: 2 Dated: (March 1990) Pages: 271-280
• Author(s): D J Tranthim-Fryer
• Date Published: 1990
• Length: 10 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Technical)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A simple, inexpensive carbon wire adsorption/solvent extraction (CWSE) technique that allows for sensitive and reproducible analysis of organic volatiles from arson debris is described. The technique requires a minimum of expensive equipment and is particularly suited to those laboratories without a thermal desorption unit or pyrolyzer. The technique combines static headspace sampling with solvent extraction and analysis by capillary column gas chromatography. Table, 6 figures, 12 references. (Author abstract)