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the best way to find fingerprints is to use iodine this Crystal is very easy to use you just heat up a very small portion in a glass tube (you can heat up with only the heat of your hand).In that glass tube put in the sample aka paper and the particles will give the iodine a distinctive yellow patch.

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How is static electricity used in fingerprinting?

I could not find anything to support or deny that static electricity is used in finger printing. The best way one might be able to find this answer would seemingly be to ask a professor of law or science at a college.


What surface do fingerprints show up best on?

Fingerprints show up best on smooth, non-porous surfaces such as glass, metal, and plastic. These surfaces allow for a clear and detailed imprint of the ridges and swirls on a person's fingertips.


Is it possible to not have fingerprints?

It is extremely rare to not have fingerprints. Not having fingerprints, a condition called adermatoglyphia, is a genetic condition that affects a very small number of people worldwide.


Can fingerprints be obtained from paper?

Yes, fingerprints can be obtained from paper surfaces if the person touched the paper with their fingers. However, the process of lifting fingerprints from paper can be challenging due to the nature of the surface and potential contamination. Special techniques and equipment may be needed to successfully recover fingerprints from paper.


How are fingerprints taken?

Fingerprints can be taken in many ways. One includes stamping. Dab you fingers in ink and place them on paper without smudging them. another way is more advanced. If you fingerprints have been left on a surface, you can lift them using liquefied super glue. You put the object with the prints on it in a special box with the Superglue The machine makes most of the super glue evaporate, but some sticks to the prints... Thus, they have you fingerprints.

Related Questions

Why people has different fingerprints?

The best answer I can give you is that God created people that way. It is nature's way, and there is no way to find out why.


Can you find your identity through fingerprint?

Yes, every one including twins have different fingerprints in all way.


How could DNA fingerprints help find out who the burglar is?

It can help people who are looking for the person find them by taking the fingerprints to the police. =)


How to detect fingerprints?

the best way is to run round the room for half an hour really works or rub sperm on your thumb


How do you find the fingerprints on mysterey train island?

in the luggage room their are black fingerprints on a suitcase click on it.


If police find a gun and find finger prints on it can they charge the person with their prints on it?

no they find the DNA from the fingerprints and the look on the computer then the person who made the fingerprints his/her face will come on to the computer


Is there any way of getting rid of your fingerprints?

Not permanently, No.


What would be a better way to find fingerprints other than iodine?

You could use finger spray but don't use charcoal dust


How do find unsolved police murders?

use fingerprints


Do fingerprints show humans brain potentials?

No. Fingerprints have absolutely zero correlation to the brain or its potential. There is no way to derive what somebody's brain could do from what their fingerprints are. Anybody saying otherwise is lying to you.


Is it possible to find fingerprints in a vagina of a living person?

I would imagine, I never tested, that it is possible but unlikely. Due to the secretions and daily chemical and biological activities that take place, the fingerprints would be degraded.


How is static electricity used in fingerprinting?

I could not find anything to support or deny that static electricity is used in finger printing. The best way one might be able to find this answer would seemingly be to ask a professor of law or science at a college.