A distinction is made between destructive and non-destructive analytical methods.

It is a non-destructive method, and the chemical form and shape of the sample are relatively unimportant.

Instead various other non-destructive methods are in use today.

These are divided into destructive and non-destructive methods.

The laser technique is a non-destructive method that allow the use of other fingerprint detection following the laser observation.

Hell the US as a country wouldn't even exist if we continued with non-destructive methods.

Unfortunately, there is no easy, non-destructive method of directly measuring impedance along a cable's length.

Very accurate results have been achieved using intrusive, but non-destructive methods.

Frequently, various non-destructive analytical methods are used to do the job.

They can be classified as destructive and non-destructive methods.