Subject Index

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