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http://dx.doi.org/10.5392/JKCA.2020.20.11.333

Comparison of VMD and 1,2-indanedione(SOON-100) for the Development of Latent Fingerprints on Thermal Paper  

Jo, Hyunjin (순천향대학교 법과학대학원)
Lee, Seon-Min (순천향대학교 법과학대학원)
Yu, Je-Seol (순천향대학교 법과학대학원)
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The Journal of the Korea Contents Association / v.20, no.11, 2020 , pp. 333-341 More about this Journal
Abstract
Since thermal paper is widely used in daily life such as convenience store receipts, lottery tickets and ATM receipts, it is important to develop fingerprints on thermal papers because it can be easily found in crime scenes. This study compared the ability of fingerprint development between vacuum metal deposition(VMD) and 1,2-indanedione(SOON-100) in order to evaluate the effectiveness of VMD, which some literatures have stated to be effective in thermal papers. As a result, in the case of SOON-100, clear ridges of fingerprints that enable individual identification were observed after an hour of deposition, although the fresh fingerprints were faint. In the case of VMD, the fingerprints gradually spread and the quality of the ridges deteriorated rapidly after 6 hours of deposition. This results is consistent with the principle of VMD. Considering the principles of VMD and the characteristics of the surface of thermal paper, VMD is not suitable for the development of potential fingerprints on the thermal paper.
Keywords
Forensic Science; Fingerprint; Thermal Paper; 1,2-IND; SOON-100; VMD;
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