There are 9 types of fingerprint powders. Check the table on how to use them with different surfaces and also the advantages and disadvantages.

Fingerprint powders are fine powders used, in conjunction with fingerprint brushes, by crime scene investigators and other law enforcement personnel to search for and enhance …

Powders can be characterized as conventional (colorant and base), magnetic (colorant and iron shavings), and fluorescent (light-stimulated colorant and base). Conventional powders are the …

Glass should be powdered with aluminium powder unless contamination prohibits its use. Where appropriate, a black or jet black magnetic powder should be used on textured surfaces, NOT …

Powders develop fingerprints by preferential adhesion of fine particles to the deposited ridge details. The adhesion of the particles is influenced by the presence of aqueous and/or fatty …

Fingerprint powders are fine powders used in dusting for fingerprints. The process of dusting for fingerprints involves various methods intended to get the particles of the powder to adhere to …

One of the most common methods for discovering and collecting latent fingerprints is by dusting a smooth or nonporous surface with fingerprint powder (black granular, aluminum flake, black …