1Research Scholar, Amity Institute of Forensic Science, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
2Assistant Professor and Program Leader, Amity Institute of Forensic Science, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
3Director, Research Testing & Calibration Laboratory, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Amarnath Mishra, Assistant Professor and Program Leader, Amity Institute of Forensic Science, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, Email: amishra5@amity.edu, drmishraa1@gmail.com. Mobile: +919818978527
Online Published on 22 December, 2021.
Gasoline is the most common accelerant produced by petroleum encountered during a fire investigation. Residues of other chemicals interfere with the identification procedure of gasoline. Gas Chromatography is the most prior choice for the analytical technique for any petroleum-based fuel. In the last few decades, the technique, and the usage of the 2D Gas Chromatographic analysis have been evolved. Due to the complexityinthe analysis of accelerants the peaks are being highlighted in the report. The researchers and scientists are nowadays using the GC-GC technique for the analysis incorporated with chemometric data for the demonstration of their potential and application in the forensic investigation. This paper aims to highlight the recent advancements in the ATR-FTIR technique for fire investigation.Different accelerants with different fabrics are mostly used for arson or fire cases. To discriminate the types of accelerant and fabric used, a non-destructive technique that is Attenuated Total Reflectance- Fourier Transform (ATR-FTIR) with chemometric technique has been developed.
Gasoline, Gas Chromatography, 2D GC, Chemometric analysis, ATR-FTIR
