The Analysis of Glass Fragments

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This text describes the glass analysis relevant to forensic science. The paper examines how the classical approach of glass analysis (measurement of refractive index) proved to be unreliable method for a glass sample manufactured after 1980. The most recent approach uses chemical analysis to determine trace and ultra trace elements in glass. The paper analyzes two modern methods of chemical analysis.

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"Glass fragments belong to the group of trace evidence, i.e. very small amounts of material that can link an item on which it was found with an otherwise unconnected source of it elsewhere. The traces of glass are frequently encountered on the crime scene. If the glass breakage occurred, the glass fragments are likely to be found on the objects or persons present at the scene. They can often be easily spotted because they are shiny particles (of course in the case of coloured glass the recognition is easier). Additionally they have irregular shapes hence they tend to remain attached to the material longer than the trace evidence with smooth surfaces."

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