1. Fingerprinting Techniques
October 15, 2018

2. Method How it works Used for…. Any Caveats…
Carbon powder
(black powder) 
Aluminum powder
(gray powder)
Magnetic powder
Cyanoacrylate (superglue) fuming
Ninhydrin
Lugol’s Iodine (iodine fuming) 

3. Black Powder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqFzVfPRd5s
What steps and materials are needed to lift and develop fingerprints using black powder?

4. Aluminum Powder
Read this article to help you understand.

5. Magnetic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkmxcywAdhg
How do you tell if something is non-porous or porous?
Which type of substance do you use with magenetic powder?
What steps and materials are needed to lift and develop fingerprints using magnetic powder?
What should you do prior to lifting? What is a caveat of magnetic powder?

6. Cyanocrylate (superglue) Fuming
What steps and materials are needed to lift and develop fingerprints using magnetic powder?

7. Ninhydrin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuGGQ2XK9RM
List the steps and materials needed for the development of fingerprints using ninhydrin.

8. Lugol’s Iodine Fuming
surfaces /
What steps and materials are needed to lift and develop fingerprints using black powder?