Fire Debris Analysis

Fire Debris Analysis

von: Eric Stauffer, Julia A. Dolan, Reta Newman

Elsevier Trade Monographs, 2007

ISBN: 9780080556260 , 672 Seiten

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Fire Debris Analysis


 

Front cover

1

Fire Debris Analysis

4

Copyright page

5

Table of contents

6

Biographies

18

Preface

22

Acknowledgments

26

Foreword

30

CHAPTER 1: Introduction

34

1.1 THE OTHER USE OF GASOLINE AND DIESEL FUEL

34

1.2 FIRE INVESTIGATION

38

1.3 WHAT IS FIRE DEBRIS ANALYSIS?

42

1.4 WHO PERFORMS FIRE DEBRIS ANALYSIS?

47

REFERENCES

49

CHAPTER 2: History

52

2.1 PREAMBLE

52

2.2 SAMPLE ANALYSIS

61

2.3 SAMPLE EXTRACTION

66

2.4 STUDY OF INTERFERENCES

74

REFERENCES

78

CHAPTER 3: Review of Basic Organic Chemistry

82

3.1 INTRODUCTION

82

3.2 CHEMICAL BONDS

83

3.3 CLASSIFICATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

91

3.4 IUPAC NOMENCLATURE

103

REFERENCES

114

CHAPTER 4: Chemistry and Physics of Fire and Liquid Fuels

118

4.1 DEFINITION OF FIRE

118

4.2 COMBUSTION

121

4.3 PHASE CHANGES

127

4.4 PYROLYSIS

129

4.5 FIRE DEVELOPMENT

133

4.6 LIQUID FUEL PROPERTIES

138

REFERENCES

160

CHAPTER 5: Detection of Ignitable Liquid Residues at Fire Scenes

164

5.1 INTRODUCTION

164

5.2 BURN PATTERNS

166

5.3 ELECTRONIC SNIFFERS

171

5.4 COLORIMETRIC TUBES

178

5.5 ACCELERANT DETECTION CANINES

180

5.6 IGNITABLE LIQUID ABSORBENT

184

5.7 ULTRAVIOLET DETECTION

188

5.8 PORTABLE GAS-CHROMATOGRAPH (-MASS SPECTROMETER)

191

REFERENCES

192

CHAPTER 6: Sample Collection

196

6.1 INTRODUCTION

196

6.2 SAMPLE SELECTION

197

6.3 SAMPLE REMOVAL

201

6.4 SAMPLE PACKAGING

211

6.5 EVIDENCE ADMINISTRATION AND TRANSPORTATION

226

REFERENCES

228

CHAPTER 7: Flammable and Combustible Liquids

232

7.1 INTRODUCTION

232

7.2 HISTORY

233

7.3 SOURCES OF CRUDE OIL

233

7.4 COMPOSITION OF CRUDE OIL

235

7.5 REFINING PROCESSES

236

7.6 PETROLEUM PRODUCT PROPERTIES

250

7.7 THE ASTM CLASSIFICATION SCHEME

259

REFERENCES

265

CHAPTER 8: Gas Chromatography and Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry

268

8.1 INTRODUCTION

268

8.2 CHROMATOGRAPHIC THEORY

269

8.3 GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY

278

8.4 MASS SPECTROMETRY

298

8.5 PARAMETERS USED IN FIRE DEBRIS ANALYSIS

305

8.6 DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION METHODS IN GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY–MASS SPECTROMETRY

306

REFERENCES

324

CHAPTER 9: Interpretation of Data Obtained from Neat Ignitable Liquids

328

9.1 INTRODUCTION

328

9.2 PETROLEUM v. NONPETROLEUM IGNITABLE LIQUIDS

330

9.3 BOILING POINT RANGE

331

9.4 PETROLEUM-BASED IGNITABLE LIQUIDS

335

9.5 GASOLINE

355

9.6 PETROLEUM DISTILLATES

360

9.7 ISOPARAFFINIC PRODUCTS

364

9.8 NAPHTHENIC PARAFFINIC PRODUCTS

366

9.9 NORMAL-ALKANE PRODUCTS

367

9.10 AROMATIC PRODUCTS

371

9.11 NONPETROLEUM-BASED IGNITABLE LIQUIDS

373

9.12 IGNITABLE LIQUID IDENTIFICATION SCHEME

374

9.13 COMPARISON OF IGNITABLE LIQUIDS

380

REFERENCES

384

CHAPTER 10: Preliminary Examination of Evidence

388

10.1 INTRODUCTION

388

10.2 DOCUMENTATION

388

10.3 INITIAL OBSERVATION

392

10.4 OTHER FORENSIC EXAMINATIONS

394

10.5 DETAILED OBSERVATIONS

403

REFERENCES

408

CHAPTER 11: Extraction of Ignitable Liquid Residues from Fire Debris

410

11.1 INTRODUCTION

410

11.2 DISTILLATION TECHNIQUES

412

11.3 SOLVENT EXTRACTION TECHNIQUES

420

11.4 HEADSPACE TECHNIQUE

428

11.5 ADSORPTION TECHNIQUES

432

11.6 CHOOSING THE RIGHT TECHNIQUE

465

REFERENCES

470

CHAPTER 12: Interpretation of Ignitable Liquid Residues Extracted from Fire Debris

474

12.1 INTRODUCTION

474

12.2 MATERIALS CONSTITUTING SUBSTRATES

479

12.3 CONCEPT OF INTERFERING PRODUCTS

485

12.4 OTHER INFLUENCES ON ILR

501

12.5 INTERPRETATION KEY

507

REFERENCES

525

CHAPTER 13: Other Techniques of Analysis and the Future of Fire Debris Analysis

528

13.1 INTRODUCTION

528

13.2 COMPREHENSIVE TWO-DIMENSIONAL GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY–MASS SPECTROMETRY (GCxGC–MS)

530

13.3 GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY–MASS SPECTROMETRY/MASS SPECTROMETRY (GC–MS/MS)

542

13.4 GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY–ISOTOPE RATIO MASS SPECTROMETRY (GC–IRMS)

545

13.5 ELECTRON IONIZATION FOURIER TRANSFORM ION CYCLOTRON RESONANCE (EI FT–ICR)

547

13.6 VAPOR PHASE ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY

550

13.7 SECOND DERIVATIVE ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETRY

553

13.8 THIN-LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY (TLC)

553

13.9 AROMA DETECTION TECHNOLOGY

554

13.10 NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE

555

REFERENCES

557

CHAPTER 14: Other Possible Examinations Conducted on Fire Debris

562

14.1 INTRODUCTION

562

14.2 VEGETABLE OIL RESIDUES (VOR)

563

14.3 VEHICLE FLUIDS

579

14.4 FLARE (FUSEE) RESIDUES

591

14.5 HOMEMADE CHEMICAL BOMBS (HCBS)

595

14.6 FLASH POINT

600

REFERENCES

608

CHAPTER 15: Education, Training, and Certification

612

15.1 INTRODUCTION

612

15.2 PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS

613

15.3 EDUCATION

614

15.4 TRAINING

615

15.5 CONTINUING EDUCATION

621

15.6 MEASURE OF COMPETENCE

622

15.7 CERTIFICATION

624

REFERENCES

628

CHAPTER 16: Standardization

630

16.1 INTRODUCTION

630

16.2 DEFINITION OF STANDARDIZATION

632

16.3 ASTM TECHNICAL COMMITTEE STRUCTURE

632

16.4 ASTM STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT

634

16.5 TYPES OF STANDARDS

634

16.6 STANDARD PRACTICES FOR FIRE DEBRIS ANALYSIS

636

16.7 STANDARD TEST METHODS FOR FIRE DEBRIS ANALYSIS

636

REFERENCES

638

CHAPTER 17: Accreditation

640

17.1 INTRODUCTION

640

17.2 ASCLD/LAB

642

17.3 ASCLD/LAB LEGACY PROGRAM

643

17.4 ISO/IEC 17025

646

REFERENCES

648

Abbreviations

650

Index

658

Color Plates

668