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A
Alcohol abuse see CH15
Alloys see CH24
Asbestos see Photo Gallery #10
Automotive
- filter examination see CH9
- hit and run see CH7
- insurance fraud see CH9, CH13
B
BTEX see Image Gallery #1 and #12
Bio-degradable hydraulic fluids see Image Gallery #2 and #3
Burns
- cosmetics chemical see CH18
- household chemicals see CH18
- tanning equipment see CH18
C
Carbitols see Image Gallery #5
Cellophane see Image Gallery #26 for structure #6 for typical spectra of cellulose derived materials
Coolants see Image Gallery #7
Corrosion see CH11, CH14 and Photo Gallery #1, #7, #9, #25 and 26
Cotton fiber see Photo Gallery #11
D
Defective manufacturing see CH14
Diesel fuel, petroleum based and bio-diesel see Image Gallery #8, #4 and #17
Dog hair see Photo Gallery #13
Drugs abuse see CH15
E
Ethyl benzene see Image Gallery #1 and #12
Ethylene and polyethylene see Image Gallery #9 and #10
Equipment abuse see CH16
Explosions
- alkali metals see Image Gallery #13
- aluminum alkyls see Image Gallery #13
- BTEX see Image Gallery #1 and #12
- detonations - deflagrations see Photo Gallery #12
- dusts see Image Gallery #13
- fuel gases methane, propane and butanes see Image Gallery #12
- high energy reactions see Image Gallery #13
- hydrogen oxygen nitrous oxide see Image Gallery #13
- laundry room sinks see CH14
- microwave ovens see CH17 - organic peroxides see Image Gallery #11
- sewer gas see CH11
- solvent spills see Image Gallery #1 and #12 and Photo Gallery #12 (top)
F
Fatty acid methyl esters see Image Gallery #17 for structures and NMR spectra
Fats see Image Gallery #2 and #3
Fibers and hairs see Photo Gallery #10 (tremolite asbestos), #14 burlap-jute, #11 cotton (pharmacy blend),
#13 dog hair, #15 glass fibers, #16 and #17 mineral and glass wool insulations pink and yellow, #24
sheeps wool
Filaments fused materials see Photo Gallery #18
Fires
- automotive see CH2
- electrical see CH1, CH2, CH12
- flammable gas see CH11 and Image Gallery #12
- general see CH21
- molten metals see CH1, CH2
- reactive metals see Image Gallery #13
Food stuff contamination and filth see CH23
Fraud - see CH16
Furs see Photo Gallery #13 and #24 sheeps wool
G
Gas flammable see CH11 and Image Gallery #12
Glass failures see CH25 and Photo Gallery #15
Glycol coolants see CH9 and Image Gallery #7
H
Hair analysis see CH3 and the Photo Gallery listings in fibers and hairs above
Healthy fats see Image Gallery #2 and #3
High energy reactions see Image Gallery #13
Homicide see CH3, CH7
Hydraulic fluids see Image Gallery #5 and #14 (Triacontane)
I
Ingested artifacts see Photo Gallery #4 and #6
Insulation
- fibers see Photo Gallery #16 and #17
- vermiculite contamination see Photo Gallery #10 and #19
Insurance fraud see CH9, CH10
J
Jute or burlap see Photo Gallery #14
K
Keytones familiar see Image Gallery #15 acetone and isoamyl acetate
Kinetic Isotope Effect see Image Gallery #11
L
Light microscopy see Photo Gallery #10, #11, #13, #14, #15 to #17, #20, #23 and #24
Linseed oil see Image Gallery #21
M
Materials
- misapplication see CH11, CH19 - identification
- qualitative see CH3, CH4, CH5, CH6, CH7, CH8 - quantitative see CH3, CH8 - unknowns see CH6, CH8, CH10 Mathematical modeling see CH3, CH18, CH19
Microscopy visual see CH3, CH6, CH7, CH9, CH10
Mineral oils see Image Gallery #14
N
Nitrous oxide see Image Gallery #13
NMR nuclear magnetic resonance see Image Gallery #16
Normal service life see CH14
Nylon see Image Gallery #16
O
Odours and offensive smells see CH23
Oil filters see CH13
Oils drying see Image Gallery #2 and #21
- fuel see Image Gallery #8 and #14
- petroleum derived see Image Gallery #14
- vegetable see ImageGallery #2
Overspray agricultural see Image Gallery #18
- paint see Photo Gallery #18
P
Paint films see CH5, CH8, CH22 and Image Gallery #2 and #21
Phase Contrast Microscopy see Photo Gallery #13, #14 and #17
Physics see CH25
Plastics see Image Gallery #6 (cellulose based), #10 (polyethylene), #16 (nylons), #22 MDI (urethanes)
#23 (PET), #24 (PVC) and #25 (polystyrene)
Polarized Light microscopy see Photo Gallery #11 and #23
Polymerization bio-diesel see Image Gallery #17 and #19
Q
QA/QC
- lab data see CH15
- manufacturing programs see CH7
Quantitative IR see Image Gallery #19
R
Rock wool insulation see Photo Gallery #17
Rubber see Image Gallery #20
Run off see Photo Gallery #21
S
Sap tree sap paint film damage see Photo Gallery #22
Sewer Gas see CH11 and Image Gallery #12
Strain in glass see Photo Gallery #5
Styrene poly see Image Gallery #25
T
Testing methodology development see CH18
Tire internal split see Photo Gallery #8
Toxicology see CH6, CH8, CH15
Trace quantity problems see CH6, CH7
Tree sap paint damage see Photo Gallery #22
Tremolite asbestos fiber and bundles see Photo Gallery #10 and #19
Tungsten filament light bulb failure see Photo Gallery #18
U
Unexpected results see CH1, CH20
Urethanes see Image Gallery #22
Unknown material identification see CH6, CH10
V
Variation of standardized testing see CH1, CH18, CH24
Vertical illumination microscopy see Photo Gallery #20
Viscose rayon fiber and cellophane see Image Gallery #26
Volcanic ash see Photo Gallery #23
W
Wax paraffin see Image Gallery #14
Wear metals see CH9
Wool sheep and mineral insulation see Photo Gallery #24 and #17
X
Xanthate see Image Gallery #26
Xylenes see Image Gallery #1
Y
Yarns and wool see Photo Gallery #24
Z
Zinc coating failures see Photo Gallery #25 and #26