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FBI Laboratory Specialized
Training Program
Introduction to the Forensic Analysis of
Glass
Course dates to be announced
This one-week course is designed as an introduction to the forensic analysis
of glass evidence. The course is open to crime laboratory employees currently
training in or performing forensic glass examinations. The class will include
both lectures and practical exercises. Students will learn the manufacturing
and chemical make-up of the primary compositional classes of glass and the glass
products most frequently encountered by the forensic scientist, followed by the
theory and practice of glass fractography and glass particle analysis. The latter
will include the identification of glass, the determination of physical properties,
density, refractive index, and the elemental analysis of glass. Students will
be exposed to various interpretive methods in order to assess the significance
of the results.
FBI Laboratory
Training Application (pdf)
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