PMID- 17630240 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20080410 LR - 20080303 IS - 1872-6283 (Electronic) IS - 0379-0738 (Linking) VI - 175 IP - 2-3 DP - 2008 Mar 5 TI - Forensic characterization of HDPE pipes by DSC. PG - 130-3 AB - The melting behavior of 28 high density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe samples manufactured and supplied by 13 different manufacturers in India was examined by 'differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)' to find out if this parameter could be used in differentiating between these HDPE pipe samples which are chemically the same and being manufactured by different manufacturer. The results indicate that the melting temperature may serve as the useful criteria for differentiating HDPE (i) pipe samples from different sources and (ii) samples of different diameter from the same source. FAU - Sajwan, Madhuri AU - Sajwan M AD - LNJN National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science, Delhi, India. FAU - Aggarwal, Saroj AU - Aggarwal S FAU - Singh, R B AU - Singh RB LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20070713 PL - Ireland TA - Forensic Sci Int JT - Forensic science international JID - 7902034 EDAT- 2007/07/17 09:00 MHDA- 2007/07/17 09:01 CRDT- 2007/07/17 09:00 PHST- 2006/12/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2007/05/17 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2007/05/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2007/07/17 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/07/17 09:01 [medline] PHST- 2007/07/17 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0379-0738(07)00547-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.05.020 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Forensic Sci Int. 2008 Mar 5;175(2-3):130-3. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.05.020. Epub 2007 Jul 13.