RedXDefense has developed an automated red-light/green-light field presumptive lead test using a sampling pad which
can be subsequently processed in a Scanning Electron Microscope for GSR confirmation. The XCAT’s sampling card is
used to acquire a sample from a suspect’s hands on the scene and give investigators an immediate presumptive as to the
presence of lead possibly from primer residue. Positive results can be obtained after firing as little as one shot. The
same sampling card can then be sent to a crime lab and processed on the SEM for GSR following ASTM E-1588-10
Standard Guide for Gunshot Residue Analysis by Scanning Electron Microscopy/Energy Dispersive X-Ray
Spectrometry, in the same manner as the existing tape lifts currently used in the field. Detection of GSR-characteristic
particles (fused lead, barium, and antimony) as small as 0.8 microns (0.5 micron resolution) has been achieved using a
JEOL JSM-6480LV SEM equipped with an Oxford Instruments INCA EDS system with a 50mm2 SDD detector, 350X
magnification, in low-vacuum mode and in high vacuum mode after coating with carbon in a sputter coater. GSR
particles remain stable on the sampling pad for a minimum of two months after chemical exposure (long term stability
tests are in progress). The presumptive result provided by the XCAT yields immediate actionable intelligence to law
enforcement to facilitate their investigation, without compromising the confirmatory test necessary to further support the
investigation and legal case.
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