Abstract
In the course of providing assistance to legal counsel in a matter that involved the analysis of firearms propellant by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry it was noticed that phenoxazine was reported as a component of 0.22 calibre propellant that contained diphenylamine as the stabiliser. The research was conducted to find how phenoxazine was formed. The results showed that the compound was not phenoxazine but a diphenylamine derivative 4-(phenylimino) cyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-one that formed in the injection port of the gas chromatograph. In addition a second artefact was found to form in the ion source of the mass spectrometer. While the presence of the artefacts does not affect the ability to identify particles as propellant they may impact on comparison with source ammunition.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 140-147 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Forensic Science International |
| Volume | 279 |
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| Publication status | Published - Oct 2017 |
Keywords
- Firearms propellant analysis
- Forensic chemistry
- Gunshot residue
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