Forensic chemistry

by Suzanne Bell

ISBN: 9781138339842

Published: 2022

Forensic Chemistry, Third Edition introduces students to the principal areas of the field from the perspective of analytical chemistry. The book provides a working foundational knowledge base for basic chemistry, introducing chemical concepts and practices from a forensic perspective (including chemistry of drugs, toxicology, combustion, chromatography, mass spectrometry, statistics, estimation of uncertainty, quality assurance/quality control, and protocols used in working forensic laboratories). The book distinguishes forensic chemistry from other types of analytical chemistry by the legal context in which the work is done, the types of samples and matrices, the variety of sample types encountered, and the extensive use of instrumentation. Current case studies illustrate the concepts and practices described. Online resources used in the field are integrated into the chapters. Example problems and detailed solutions reinforce concepts and show how they are applied in forensic laboratories.