Discrimination of bullet types using analysis of lead isotopes deposited in gunshot entry wounds

• Main Authors: Klintean Wunnapuk, Takeshi Minami, Piya Durongkadech, Setsuko Tohno, Werawan Ruangyuttikarn, Yumi Moriwake, Karnda Vichairat, Pongruk Sribanditmongkol, Yoshiyuki Tohno
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Chemistry; Medicine
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=67650501532&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/59367
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

In order to discriminate bullet types used in firearms, of which the victims died, the authors investigated lead isotope ratios in gunshot entry wounds from nine lead (unjacketed) bullets, 15 semi-jacketed bullets, and 14 full-jacketed bullets by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. It was...