ALUMINUM POWDER

📋 Quick facts

Description: ALUMINUM POWDER — ALUMINUM POWDER. Formula: Al. MW: 26.981538. IUPAC: aluminum.

Quick Facts:

• Category: other
• Also Known As: 铝粉

Proven Benefits At A Glance:

• Aluminum powder is used in forensic science to develop latent fingermarks on surfaces like glass, metal, and wood
• It works better than some alternative methods on certain non-porous surfaces and in cooler storage conditions
• Research tested aluminum powder on over 5,400 fingermarks stored for up to 52 weeks

⚗️ Chemical Overview

Aluminum is the most abundant metal in the earth’s crust. It is always found combined with other elements such as oxygen, silicon, and fluorine. Aluminum as the metal is obtained from aluminum-containing minerals. Small amounts of aluminum can be found dissolved in water. Aluminum metal is light in weight and silvery-white in appearance. Aluminum is used for beverage cans, pots and pans, airplanes, siding and roofing, and foil. Aluminum is often mixed with small amounts of other metals to form aluminum alloys, which are stronger and harder. Aluminum compounds have many different uses, for example, as alums in water-treatment and alumina in abrasives and furnace linings. They are also found in consumer products such as antacids, astringents, buffered aspirin, food additives, and antiperspirants. Aluminum powder, coated appears as a light gray or silver powdered metal. Easily ignited; burns with an intense flame. Aluminum powder, pyrophoric appears as a light gray or silvery colored powdered metal.

Source(s): CAMEO Chemicals, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), via PubChem

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📚 Research & Evidence

🔬 The Science

Aluminum powder is employed in forensic fingermark development, a technique that works by dusting surfaces to reveal hidden fingerprints (J Forensic Sci, 2011). The research compared aluminum powder to cyanoacrylate fuming—another fingermark development method—across different surface types and storage conditions. #1: Aluminum powder proved more effective than cyanoacrylate fuming on glass, enameled metal paint, and varnished wood surfaces (J Forensic Sci, 2011). #2: It performed better for fingermarks stored in temperatures below 20°C (around room temperature or cooler), whereas cyanoacrylate fuming was superior at warmer temperatures of 37°C (J Forensic Sci, 2011). #3: For very fresh fingermarks (under 24 hours old), neither technique showed significant advantage over the other (J Forensic Sci, 2011).

The research also noted that both techniques could successfully develop fingermarks even after extended storage periods—the study demonstrated successful development following 52 weeks of storage (J Forensic Sci, 2011). The available research focuses exclusively on forensic applications and does not address any cosmetic or skincare uses.

📄 Related Research

Matched by search — not necessarily verified support for every statement above.

• Fieldhouse SJ (2011). An investigation into the use of a portable cyanoacrylate fuming system (SUPERfume®) and aluminum powder for the development of latent fingermarks. J Forensic Sci.

🧴 Products Containing ALUMINUM POWDER

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• L’Oréal, L’Oreal Consumer products, Essie butler please 772
• CHANEL Eyeshadow
• Nautical Nonsense Palette
• Bobbi Brown Long-wear cream shadow stick
• Bourjois, Bourjois Paris Vernis à ongles 1 seconde n°12 Rouge Obscur
• L’Oréal, L’Oreal Consumer products, L’Oréal Paris Color Riche 875 Kimono Empire
• L’Oréal, L’Oreal Consumer products, Maybelline Tenue & Strong Pro 185
• L’OREAL NORGE AS Maybelline New York Tattoo Liner 900 Deep Onyx Automatic Gel Pencil
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• Yves Rocher Le Vernis – 53. Capucine
• Bourjois So laque glossy – 10 succès azuré
• Chanel Le Vernis – 455 Lotus Rouge
• Bourjois Palette d’ombres à paupières Smoky Stories 12H Upside Brown 6