Chemometrics in Forensic Science: An Overview

Sharma, Sweety, Kapoor, Neeti, Badiye, Ashish, Rai, Sulbha and Yadav, Praveen Kumar (2025) Chemometrics in Forensic Science: An Overview. In: Advances in Forensic Science: Emerging Technologies and Techniques. Springer Singapore, pp. 201-238. ISBN 9789819689712

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Abstract

Chemometrics, a tool often used to uncover hidden patterns in the data, has been integral in qualitative and quantitative analysis in forensic fields. Although it is still nascent, it has been used successfully in forensic chemistry, toxicology, forensic biology, ballistics, etc. Its growth can be attributed to the complex data, containing thousands of variables, produced by modern analytical instruments such as infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GC-MS), liquid chromatography-mass spectroscopy (LC-MS), and X-ray-based techniques. First, this enormous amount of data is reduced using data reduction techniques such as principal component analysis (PCA) to generate new orthogonal variables known as principal components. Further analysis is done using this variable to achieve pattern recognition, multivariate (qualitative and quantitative analysis), quality control and validation, and source and origin validation. In the present chapter, an attempt has been made to discuss the application of chemometrics in various fields of forensic science. While chemometrics has emerged as a solid tool to differentiate and classify samples of different sources and origins, its effectiveness depends on the efficacy of the sample preparation technique, the samples analyzed, and the sensitivity of the analytical method used.

Item Type: Book Section
Subjects: Social Sciences and humanities > Decision Sciences > General Decision Sciences
Physical, Life and Health Sciences > Biology
Physical, Life and Health Sciences > Chemistry
JGU School/Centre: Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences
Depositing User: Mr. Gautam Kumar
Date Deposited: 20 Nov 2025 12:56
Last Modified: 20 Nov 2025 12:56
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-8971-2_9
URI: https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/10379

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