Recent Advances in the Application of Stable Isotope Ratio Analysis in Forensic Chemistry

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doi:10.1071/CH09414

Recent Advances in the Application of Stable Isotope Ratio Analysis in Forensic Chemistry

Niamh Nic Daeid ^A ^B, Hilary A. S. Buchanan ^A, Kathleen A. Savage ^A, James G. Fraser ^A, Sarah L. Cresswell ^A

^A Centre for Forensic Science, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G1 1XW, UK.
^B Corresponding author. Email: n.nicdaeid@strath.ac.uk





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Australian Journal of Chemistry 63(1) 3–7 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/CH09414
Submitted: 28 July 2009 Accepted: 24 October 2009 Published online: 8 January 2010

Abstract

This review paper updates the previous literature in relation to the continued and developing use of stable isotope ratio analysis in samples which are relevant to forensic science. Recent advances in the analysis of drug samples, explosive materials, and samples derived from human and animal samples are discussed. The paper also aims to put the use of isotope ratio mass spectrometry into a forensic context and discuss its evidential potential.