Citation

Schuberth J. J. Chromatogr. B Biomed. Appl. 1994; 662(1): 113-117.

Affiliation

Department of Forensic Chemistry, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7894683

Abstract

Using headspace capillary GC-MS with ion-trap detection, the additive in motor gasoline, MTBE (methyl tert.-butyl ether), was spotted in the blood from five victims of arsons set off with motor gasoline. In the brain from a death of a fire started by ignited isoparaffins, a number of branched C8 alkanes were found. Since 80 control samples of accidental fires, started by non-chemical means, tested negative for MTBE or isoparaffins, the data suggested that post-mortem exams for low-boiling organics may offer a new concept for arson analysis.

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