Ignitable Liquids, Explosives & Gunshot Residue Subcommittee

Other Work Products

Reference Documents

• Subcommittee position statement on E1618, July 2023.
• Fire Debris Admissibility document, January 2022.
• Analysis of Fire Debris Reference List, July 2023.
• Analysis of Explosives Reference List, February 2020.

Research & Development Needs

• See the research and development needs identified by the Ignitable Liquids, Explosives, & Gunshot Residue Subcommittee.

Standards Development Maps

• Ignitable Liquids, Explosives, & Gunshot Residue Roadmap, December 2020. 

Discipline-Specific Bibliographies and Bibliographic References 

These documents may contain information to help forensic scientists, judges, lawyers, researchers, and other readers better understand the nature, scope, and foundations of the individual disciplines as currently practiced. The identification of these documents does not represent an endorsement by OSAC or NIST. Only standards that are posted on the OSAC Registry and Technical Guidance documents, are endorsed by OSAC. The referenced documents may be subject to copyright. Note: Subcommittee position statements or responses to data collections by the subcommittee do not necessarily represent the position of OSAC or NIST.

Historical References:

• TWGFEX/DOJ/NIJ: A Guide for Explosion and Bombing Scene Investigation
• TWGFEX: Guide for the Forensic Identification of Intact Explosives
• TWGFEX: Quality Assurance (QA) Guide for the Forensic Analysis of Ignitable Liquids
• TWGFEX: Recommended Guidelines for Forensic Identification of Post-Blast Explosive Residues
• TWGFEX: Standard Practice for Archiving Ignitable Liquid Residues in Extracts from Fire Debris Samples and Questioned Liquid Samples Submitted for Ignitable Liquid Analysis

Resources:

• TWGFEX: Contamination & Limitations Bibliography
• TWGFEX: Explosive Analyst Job Description
• TWGFEX: Explosive Analyst Training
• TWGFEX: Explosives Bibliography 1988 – 1998

TWGFEX: Fire Debris Training:

• TWGFEX: Glossary of Terms
• TWGFEX: Proficiency Testing in ILR Analysis
• TWGFEX: Standard Guide for a Systematic Approach to the Analysis of Fire-Related Samples for Ignitable Liquids and their Residues
• TWGFEX: Suggested Guide for Explosive Analysis Training
• TWGFEX Bibliography
• TWGFEX/NIJ: 2007-2008 National Needs Assessment for the Near and Long Term Future of Fire Debris and Explosives Analysis and Investigation
• ASTM E355 Standard Procedure for Gas Chromatography Terms and Relationships
• ASTM E620 Standard Practice for Reporting Opinions of Scientific or Technical Experts
• ASTM E1492 Standard Practice for Receiving, Documenting, Storing, and Retrieving Evidence in a Forensic Science Laboratory
• ASTM E1510 Standard Practice for Installing Fused Silica Open Tubular Capillary Columns in Gas Chromatographs
• ASTM E1459 Standard Guide for Physical Evidence Labeling and Related Documentation
• ASTM E2154 Standard Practice for Separation of Ignitable Liquid Residues from Fire Debris Samples by Passive Headspace Concentration with Solid Phase Microextraction (SPME)

Gunshot Residue

• Proposed Practices for Validating the Performance of Instruments Used for Automated Inorganic Gunshot Residue Analysis (May 2020).
• Gunshot Residue Compiled Bibliography (January 2017).
• SWGGSR - Guide for Primer Gunshot Residue Analysis by Scanning Electron Microscopy/Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometry (2011).
• Final Report on Particle Analysis for Gunshot Residue Detection (1977).
• ENFSI BPM for GSR (ver 1.0) (2003-2011).
• ENFSI Guide for GSR (ver 2.0) (2008-2012).
• Current Methods in Forensic Gunshot Residue Analysis (2000).
• Chemical Analysis of Firearms, Ammunition, and Gunshot Residue (2008).