Exam 12: Chemical Processing Methods: Nonporous Substrates

Why is it necessary to include a control fingerprint when processing fingerprints in a cyanoacrylate fuming chamber?

What are the components of the cyanoacrylate fuming chamber?

What is a disadvantage of the one step fluorescent cyanoacrylate process?

What process follows cyanoacrylate fuming in the processing sequence for nonporous items?

What are the benefits of a one step fluorescent cyanoacrylate process?

What are the various components of the latent print residue that have been suggested as initiators for polymerization?

What happens when a latent print is deposited on a nonporous surface?

At what wavelengths are rhodamine dye stained items visualized? What color light source is used to visualize the rhodamine dye stained cyanoacrylate prints? What color barrier filter is used?

How is SMD different from MMD?

How are nonporous items processed for fingerprints at a crime scene?

What steps must be taken in order to preserve nonporous items of evidence collected from a crime scene?

What is the definition of a nonporous substrate?

Which metals are used for the vacuum metal deposition process?

What is the purpose of adding humidity to a cyanoacrylate fuming chamber?

Why are cyanoacrylate dye stains used?

What is the chemical name for superglue^®?

What is the recommended processing sequence for processing porous items for fingerprints?

What is the premise for vacuum metal deposition (VMD)?

At what wavelengths are ardrox dye stained items visualized? What color barrier filter is used?

List three cyanoacrylate dye stains.