Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 1 of 1
Full-Text Articles in Food Chemistry
The Use Of Elemental Databases In Forensic Science: Studies On Vehicle Glass Interpretation And Milk Powder Provenancing, Tricia Marie Hoffman
The Use Of Elemental Databases In Forensic Science: Studies On Vehicle Glass Interpretation And Milk Powder Provenancing, Tricia Marie Hoffman
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The first study focuses on the development of a laser based method for the elemental analysis of solid milk powder. Milk powder samples originating from five different countries were analyzed to determine any geographic differences. A LA-ICP-MS method was developed and compared to k0-INAA for several milk samples as well as a reference sample. Precision of 10% RSD or better and a bias of 10% was achieved for both techniques for most elements with LA-ICP-MS producing lower limits of detection (~ 1 ppm) for Sr. The comparison of LA-ICP-MS to k0-INAA showed overlap of the 95% …