- Author
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Jonson, S.
- Title
- Electrical Causes of Fires With Special Emphasis on Primary and Secondary Damages: A Review of the Literature.
- Coporate
- SKL-National Laboratory of Forensic Science, Linkoping, Sweden
- Report
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Report 29,
November 25, 1993,
18 p.
- Keywords
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arson
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electrical fires
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damage
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short circuits
- Identifiers
- conductors; arcing; scanning electron microscopy (SEM); Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES)
- Abstract
- Papers dealing with primary and secondary damages during the last 15 years have been reviewed. It is concluded that no routine method exists to distinguish between the two types of damages and that conclusive results are only obtained in special circumstances where the conditions around the damage make it possible for a laboratory reconstruction to be made.