One method for determining whether an individual recently fired a gun is to look for traces of antimony in residue collected from the individual’s hands. Anodic stripping voltammetry at a mercury film electrode is ideally suited for this analysis.
One method for determining whether an individual recently fired a gun is to look for traces of antimony in residue collected from the individual’s hands. Anodic stripping voltammetry at a mercury film electrode is ideally suited for this analysis. In a typical analysis a sample is collected from a suspect using a cotton-tipped swab wetted with 5% v/v HNO3. After returning to the lab, the swab is placed in a vial that contains 5.0 mL of 4 M HCl that is 0.02 M in hydrazine sulfate. After soaking the swab, a 4.0-mL portion of the solution is transferred to an
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