APPLICATION OF PIXE ANALYSIS TO FORENSIC INVESTIGATION

This work is to analyse trace elements in skin and muscle of a broken woman leg. Using PIXE technique,tissues of skin and muscle from doubtful point and normal part were analysed quantitatively. As the results,the contents of Fe and Zn in the doubtful point are higher than those in normal part, while other elemental contents are not remarkably different. This fact suggests that the doubtful point in skin and muscle might contain extravasated blood after wounded by some tools.