Rapid characterisation and classification of automotive clear coats by attenuated total reflectance infrared spectroscopy

Attenuated total reflectance infrared spectroscopy was employed to characterise the clear coats from a collection of automotive paint samples representing 130 vehicles, encompassing a range of Australian and international vehicle manufacturers. Principal component analysis revealed nine distinct cla...

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Main Authors: Maric, M., Van Bronswijk, Wilhelm, Lewis, Simon, Pitts, K.
Format: Journal Article
Published: RSC Publishing 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20522
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author Maric, M.
Van Bronswijk, Wilhelm
Lewis, Simon
Pitts, K.
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Lewis, Simon
Pitts, K.
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description Attenuated total reflectance infrared spectroscopy was employed to characterise the clear coats from a collection of automotive paint samples representing 130 vehicles, encompassing a range of Australian and international vehicle manufacturers. Principal component analysis revealed nine distinct classes, which were associated with the country of vehicle manufacture. Further statistical analysis identified variations in the samples from Australian and Japanese vehicles, which ultimately provided information regarding the manufacturer. Linear discriminant analysis gave excellent differentiation between the classes, with 100% of the calibration and test set samples being correctly classified. This ability to rapidly provide information concerning the vehicle origin and manufacturer will facilitate the procuring of investigative leads from questioned paint samples located at crime scenes. Although presented here in an Australian context, the strategy employed is universal and by extension could be utilised in other jurisdictions if they were to generate statistically significant data sets.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-205222017-09-13T15:58:24Z Rapid characterisation and classification of automotive clear coats by attenuated total reflectance infrared spectroscopy Maric, M. Van Bronswijk, Wilhelm Lewis, Simon Pitts, K. infrared spectroscopy Automative clear coats rapid characterisation Attenuated total reflectance infrared spectroscopy was employed to characterise the clear coats from a collection of automotive paint samples representing 130 vehicles, encompassing a range of Australian and international vehicle manufacturers. Principal component analysis revealed nine distinct classes, which were associated with the country of vehicle manufacture. Further statistical analysis identified variations in the samples from Australian and Japanese vehicles, which ultimately provided information regarding the manufacturer. Linear discriminant analysis gave excellent differentiation between the classes, with 100% of the calibration and test set samples being correctly classified. This ability to rapidly provide information concerning the vehicle origin and manufacturer will facilitate the procuring of investigative leads from questioned paint samples located at crime scenes. Although presented here in an Australian context, the strategy employed is universal and by extension could be utilised in other jurisdictions if they were to generate statistically significant data sets. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20522 10.1039/C2AY25419K RSC Publishing restricted
spellingShingle infrared spectroscopy
Automative clear coats
rapid characterisation
Maric, M.
Van Bronswijk, Wilhelm
Lewis, Simon
Pitts, K.
Rapid characterisation and classification of automotive clear coats by attenuated total reflectance infrared spectroscopy
title Rapid characterisation and classification of automotive clear coats by attenuated total reflectance infrared spectroscopy
title_full Rapid characterisation and classification of automotive clear coats by attenuated total reflectance infrared spectroscopy
title_fullStr Rapid characterisation and classification of automotive clear coats by attenuated total reflectance infrared spectroscopy
title_full_unstemmed Rapid characterisation and classification of automotive clear coats by attenuated total reflectance infrared spectroscopy
title_short Rapid characterisation and classification of automotive clear coats by attenuated total reflectance infrared spectroscopy
title_sort rapid characterisation and classification of automotive clear coats by attenuated total reflectance infrared spectroscopy
topic infrared spectroscopy
Automative clear coats
rapid characterisation
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20522