Pyrolysis
a process in which organic material is broken down into simpler molecular compounds by the effects of heat alone; pyrolysis often precedes combustion
Committee
Trace Materials
Date Added to Lexicon
Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)
ANSI/ASTM E1732-24 Standard Guide for Using Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography and Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry in Forensic Polymer Examinations. ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428, 2022.
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