Illustrated Guide to Home Forensic Science Experiments

Chapter 2. Equipping Your Forensics Laboratory

To do a serious study of forensic science lab work, you’ll need some specialized equipment and chemicals. Fortunately, it needn’t be expensive to acquire the items you need. You may already have some of those items, such as a microscope purchased for a biology course or a balance and other lab equipment purchased for a chemistry course.

To make matters as easy and inexpensive as possible, as we wrote this book we designed a custom lab kit to go with it (http://www.thehomescientist.com/kits/FK01/fk01-main.html). With the exception of readily available materials, major items (such as a microscope and balance), and some optional items, this kit includes the specialized equipment and chemicals you need ...