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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0379-3982</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Tecnología en Marcha]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Tecnología en Marcha]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0379-3982</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0379-39822016000900057</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18845/tm.v29i8.2985</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Uso de la espectroscopia Raman en el análisis de fragmentos de pintura automotriz como evidencia forense]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Analysis of automotive paint fragments used as forensic evidence by Raman spectroscopy]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gutiérrez-Fallas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Dionisio]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Montero-Zeledón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ernesto]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Murillo-Quirós]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Natalia]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rojas-Rojas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Laura]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica Escuela de Física ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica Escuela de Física ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica Escuela de Física ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica Escuela de Física ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>29</volume>
<fpage>57</fpage>
<lpage>66</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0379-39822016000900057&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0379-39822016000900057&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0379-39822016000900057&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen En muchos accidentes de tránsito es difícil establecer la responsabilidad por los daños materiales, las lesiones a las personas o las muertes, debido a que los conductores de los vehículos responsables abandonan el lugar de los hechos. Por eso, es fundamental, como parte de la recolección de la evidencia, intentar recuperar fragmentos de pintura automotriz. El estudio de las características físicas de estos fragmentos puede permitir la identificación del vehículo del que provienen. Sin embargo, con frecuencia, esta evidencia presenta un tamaño reducido, del orden de milímetros cuadrados o menor, lo cual requiere que el análisis de las diferentes propiedades físicas no ofrezca riesgo de alteración de la muestra. Para ello, resulta conveniente utilizar métodos como los que ofrecen las técnicas microscópicas y espectroscópicas. En el presente trabajo se muestran los resultados de los análisis de varios fragmentos de pintura automotriz, realizados con microscopio óptico y microscopía Raman, que podrían ser utilizados como evidencia forense.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Frequently, in many traffic accidents it is difficult to establish responsibilities for material damages, people injuries or death, because people that have been involved in the accident leave the crime scene. Because of that, it is very important to find automotive evidence, like paint fragments, as forensic proof that could help authorities reconstruct the incident. The study of physical characteristics of the fragments could help simplify the identification of the vehicle they come from. Commonly, the fragments are very small, in millimeter order size; therefore, it is essential to examine e the samples without risk of destruction, usually by microscopic and spectroscopic techniques. In this work, optical microscopic and Raman spectroscopy analysis of some automotive paint fragments are shown, especially to introduce the Raman spectroscopy as a complementary analytical technique to obtain forensic evidence.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Pintura automotriz]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[evidencia forense]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[espectroscopia Raman]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Automotive paint]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[forensic evidence]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Raman spectroscopy]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
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