<p> Name: Date: Period: Forensic Science Notes Guide Unit 5: Paint and Soil</p><p>Vocabulary: paint Paint Data Query electrocoat primer (automobile paint) hit and run primer surfacer (automobile paint) soil basecoat (automobile paint) mineral clearcoat (automobile paint) density pyrolysis gas chromotography x-ray diffraction spectrophotometry</p><p>1. The most common kind of paint analyzed forensically comes from what object? What kind of incident typically generates this evidence?</p><p>2. What are the 4 main layers of automotive paint? Briefly describe their purpose. </p><p>3. Color is the most distinctive characteristic of auto paint. What does a forensic examine observe and try to match when looking at point color?</p><p>4. What does it mean for paint components to be “pyrolyzed?”</p><p>5. What is the name of the automobile paint database? Who maintains it?</p><p>6. What type of evidence is paint? 7. What is soil? What kinds of things does it contain?</p><p>8. Where might investigators find soil evidence that could link person to a crime scene?</p><p>9. What 2 characteristics of soil are often analyzed by forensic investigators?</p><p>10. What is a mineral? What properties of minerals can we examine to determine where it came from?</p><p>11. How is soil evidence usually collected?</p>