This topic deals with advanced aspects of examination and analysis of chemical traces and materials, presentation of evidence in a moot court, and provenancing of humans, cultural/archaeological artefacts and foods/materials. Subjects covered will include examination of common organic and inorganic traces (soil, textile fibres (including animal hairs), paint, gunshot residues, explosives and explosives residues, glass and mineral particles, ignitable liquid residues, and nuclear materials), modern data treatment techniques, provenancing techniques, and the use of logically-correct frameworks for evaluation and presentation of evidence.
This topic aims to introduce students to the composition and analysis of various materials that are commonly encountered in forensic, cultural heritage and analytical chemistry fields, modern approaches for treatment of chemical data sets, the evaluation of chemical evidence in a logically correct framework, and the presentation of evidence in court.
Specifically, this topic aims to develop students who are able to:
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