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Chemistry Everyday for Everyone
Chemical Methods for Developing Latent Fingerprints
Gurvinder S. Sodhi
Department of Chemistry, SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007, India

Jasjeet Kaur
College of Applied Sciences for Women, Delhi University, Jhilmil Colony, Vivek Vihar, Delhi-110095, India

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April 1999
Vol. 76 No. 4
p. 488A
Abstract
Sweat secreted by the eccrine glands on the fingertips is deposited on surfaces the fingers touch. The deposition in the form of contours, which are the mirror images of the ridge patterns on the fingers. The patterns formed by fingerprints fall into three well-defined categories: arches, loops, and whorls (Figure 1, Student Side). The constituents of sweat may be selectively fixed by different chemical reagents so as to make latent (invisible) fingerprints visible.
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 Sodhi, Gurvinder S.; Kaur, Jasjeet. J. Chem. Educ. 1999 76 488A.
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 Laboratory Instruction; Collaborative / Cooperative Learning; Forensic Chemistry; Teaching / Learning Aids; Teaching/Learning Theory/Practice
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