Chemistry Letters, Vol.43, No.3, 357-359, 2014
Forensic Identification of Automobile Window Glass Manufacturers Based on Cerium Chemical States
To identify automobile window glass manufacturers, the chemical states of cerium in 29 types of glass were analyzed using XAFS. We found that the amplitude of EXAFS spectra and intensities of Fourier transforms differed between manufacturers. Although the manufacturers for 7 out of 29 samples could not be identified, 22 out of 29 samples were identified correctly.