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Chemical Etching

A process wherein a textured pattern is applied to selective areas of a mold surface. The mold is later dipped in an acid bath that etches the pattern into the mold. The details within a chemically etched pattern are specific to an original mold.

Committee

Footwear & Tire

Date Added to Lexicon

06/12/2023

Technical Report/Other Source (Author, Title of report. Publisher, Year.)

ASB TR 097, Terminology Used for Forensic Footwear and Tire Evidence. AAFS Academy Standards Board (ASB), 410 North 21st Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80904, 2019. Source link