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AN: P41B-0413    [PDF]
TI: Portable X-ray Fluorescence Unit for Analyzing Crime Scenes
AU: * Visco, A
EM: tvisco@excite.com
AB: Goddard Space Flight Center and the National Institute of Justice have teamed up to apply NASA technology to the field of forensic science. NASA hardware that is under development for future planetary robotic missions, such as Mars exploration, is being engineered into a rugged, portable, non-destructive X-ray fluorescence system for identifying gunshot residue, blood, and semen at crime scenes. This project establishes the shielding requirements that will ensure that the exposure of a user to ionizing radiation is below the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's allowable limits, and also develops the benchtop model for testing the system in a controlled environment.
DE: 9805 Instruments useful in three or more fields
SC: Planetary Sciences [P]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting