The Firearms section at Los Vegas Metro Lab uses one to examine bullet strikes, and confirm the make-up of suspected lead and copper fragments. I don't know much more than that. I talked with a former member of that unit about it a while back. He seemed happy with what they had seen so far.
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: Nadav Levin
To: Forensic_SEM@yahoogroups.com ; forensic-science@yahoogroups.com
Cc: Nadav Levin
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 1:40 AM
Subject: [forensic-science] Forensic Science Applications of Hand-held XRF Instruments
Dear Colleagues,
About 7 year ago the attached message was posted on the Forensic Science
Yahoo Group, with no replies.
Since then, several ideas regarding the application of hand-held XRF
instruments were proposed.
Does anyone use, or is aware of, forensic science applications of such
systems in casework ?
Thanks, and best regards,
Nadav Levin
DIFS
Isarel
--- In forensic-science@yahoogroups.com, "spartantroy" <ernstt@...> wrote:
>
> Does anybody have experience with the Handheld XRF recently offered
> by Innov-X? Is it useful in the crime lab or on scenes, or is it of
> limited usefulness or gimmicky? What samples does it work well on?
> What sample size is required? I currently have to prepare samples to
> send to another state lab for elemental analysis (SEM-EDX), so I was
> wondering if this could be used as a screening test before I prepared
> those samples. Any advice on price, ease-of-use, usefulness, etc.
> would be much appreciated!
>
> Troy Ernst
>
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