The application of chemistry, including its subfield forensic toxicology, in a legal setting: identifying, analyzing and interpreting drugs, toxins, accelerants and other unknown substances recovered from crime scenes or biological samples using analytical instrumentation. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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What It ExaminesSourced to the subject's own accountDrugs, toxins, accelerants and unknown materials recovered from crime scenes or biological samples, identified and interpreted using analytical chemical instrumentation. 1 Formalized YearSourced to the subject's own accountDates to Mathieu Orfila's Traite des poisons (1813), which established chemical detection of poisons as a systematic discipline rather than guesswork. Known LimitationSourced to the subject's own accountSpectroscopic identification methods work well for common mixtures with known reference spectra on file, but a novel or unusual mixture can be difficult to resolve with confidence. 1 Connections
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Forensic toxicology is treated as a subfield of forensic chemistry, sharing its analytical chemical methods.
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WikipediaIntroduction
Forensic chemistry is the application of chemistry and its subfield, forensic toxicology, in a legal setting.
Methods section
While common mixtures have known spectra on file, novel mixtures can be difficult to resolve.
Pioneered By: Mathieu Orfila, Early history section
A pioneer in the development of forensic microscopy, Orfila contributed to the advancement of this method for the detection of blood and semen.
In Group: Trace Materials Analysis, Lead sentence
Forensic chemistry is the application of chemistry and its subfield, forensic toxicology, in a legal setting.
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