13374
Accession Number
12827
Title Of Article Chaper
A Preliminary Report on the Nondestructive Examination of Ballpoint Pen Ink on Questioned Documents by FT-IR Spectroscopy
Title Of Journal Book
Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal
Volume
24
Issue
1
Pages
44337
Collation
17 p. : ill.
Reference Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references
Language Of Text
English
Language Of Summary
English;French
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
The applicability of FT-IR microsampling techniques to the nondestructive analysis of ballpoint pen inks on questioned documents is discussed. Preliminary spectral results using conventional transmission FT-IR, micro-transmission/reflectance FT-IR, and diffuse reflectance infrared fourier transform (DRIFT) spectroscopy are presented. DRIFT spectroscopy may offer a viable, nondestructive method for the analysis of ballpoint pen inks on questioned documents.
Keywords
nondestructive;examination;ballpoint;ink;pen;document;paper;ftir; spectroscopy
pub_id
13374