Human Skin and Debris
This large skin flake is contaminated with crystals that
are intimately associated with the skin. Skin flakes are
often contaminated with foreign materials, which makes their identification based on
elemental analysis impossible.
Transmitted Off Crossed Circular Polarized Light
Definition/Function:
Significance in the Environment:
Characteristic Features:
Human dander varies from isotropic to particles with stress birefringence. The stress
birefringence of human skin flakes tends to be low. The
refractive index of human skin flakes tends to be around 1.550 but will vary with stress
and oil content.
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