Does ink age inside of a pen cartridge?

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1294-1297

  Grim, Donna M ^a   Siegel, Jay ^a   Allison, John ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dye degradation; Forensic science; Ink aging; Mass spectrometry; Methyl violet; Questioned documents

Indexed keywords

DYE; INK; METHYL VIOLET; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHRONOLOGY; DEGRADATION; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WRITING;

EID: 0036845073     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs15563j     Document Type: Article

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