Journal article
Alternative fuels in fire debris analysis: biodiesel basics.
- Stauffer E Institute of Scientific Police, School of Criminal Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. criminalistics@mac.com
- Byron D
- 2007-02-24
Published in:
- Journal of forensic sciences. - 2007
English
Alternative fuels are becoming more prominent on the market today and, soon, fire debris analysts will start seeing them in liquid samples or in fire debris samples. Biodiesel fuel is one of the most common alternative fuels and is now readily available in many parts of the United States and around the world. This article introduces biodiesel to fire debris analysts. Biodiesel fuel is manufactured from vegetable oils and/or animal oils/fats. It is composed of fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) and is sold pure or as a blend with diesel fuel. When present in fire debris samples, it is recommended to extract the debris using passive headspace concentration on activated charcoal, possibly followed by a solvent extraction. The gas chromatographic analysis of the extract is first carried out with the same program as for regular ignitable liquid residues, and second with a program adapted to the analysis of FAMEs.
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- English
- Open access status
- closed
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- DOI 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00380.x
- PMID 17316234
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/19935
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