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The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. CCI CCI, bullet manufacturer Cd Cadmium, a metallic element sometimes present as an impurity in bullet lead CIVL Compositionally Indistinguishable Volume of Lead Compositional group A set of bullets determined to be compositionally similar via use of the FBI’s “chaining” technique COV Coefficient of Variation CS Crime Scene (bullet) Cu Copper, a metallic element used in jacketing high velocity ammunition and sometimes present as an impurity in bullet lead Extruder The machine that forces lead from a billet through an orifice or die to form a wire (much like squeezing toothpaste from a tube) FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation FED Federal, bullet manufacturer Hog A one ton casting of lead ICP-MS Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry ICP-OES Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectroscopy Ingot A 65–125 lb casting of lead; more generally, a casting that has solidified after having been poured from a vessel in the form of molten metal Jacket A metal external shell, often copper, surrounding the lead core of a bullet, frequently used for high velocity ammunition LA Laser Ablation MC-ICP-MS Multi-Collector-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry Melt A quantity of molten lead Mold The container into which molten metal is poured to allow it to solidify NAA Neutron Activation Analysis Pb Lead, a metallic element used to form bullets PCA Principal Components Analysis Pig A 65–125 lb. casting of lead Pot A vessel within which lead is melted Pour The action of transferring a molten metal from a vessel into an ingot mold, in which it will solidify Primary lead smelter A facility that transforms lead-bearing ore, normally a sulfide, into nearly pure lead by the steps of sintering, reduction, and refining PS Probable Suspect (bullet)
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