Citation

Althaus L, Henssge C. Forensic Sci. Int. 1999; 99(3): 171-178.

Affiliation

Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Universität Essen, Germany.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10098255

Abstract

Cooling experiments on dummies known as body-like cooling were performed with sudden decrease and increase of ambient temperature in the order of 15 degrees C. In the case of a sudden decrease of ambient temperature, a second 'temperature plateau' occurs which is shorter than the known plateau at the beginning of body cooling. The cooling curves can be described mathematically by a three-step procedure based on the two-exponential term of the 'nomogram method'. The second plateau at the beginning of the second cooling phase in sudden decreased ambient temperature requires a lower value of the constant A (1.15) compared with the known value (1.25) at the beginning of body cooling. In the case of a sudden increase of ambient temperature in the order of 15 degrees C no procedure could be found to model the cooling curves mathematically.

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