The Identification of 2-Phenoxyethanol in Ballpoint Inks Using Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry - Relevance to Ink Dating

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 155-159

  LaPorte, Gerald M ^a   Wilson, Jeffrey D ^a   Cantu, Antonio A ^a   Mancke, S Amanda ^a   Fortunato, Susan L ^a  

^a US Secret Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballpoint ink; Forensic science; GC MS; Ink aging; Ink dating; Phenoxyethanol; Questioned documents; SPME; Volatile analysis

Indexed keywords

2 PHENOXYETHANOL; INK; SOLVENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0346390960     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2003217     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (19)

1. Cantu AA. A sketch of analytical methods for document dating. Part I: The static approach: determining age independent analytical profiles. Int J Forensic Doc Examiners 1995;1(1):40-51.
2. Cantu AA. A sketch of analytical methods for document dating. Part II: The dynamic approach: determining age dependent analytical profiles. Int J Forensic Doc Examiners 1996;2(3):192-208.
3. Stewart LF. Ballpoint ink age determination by volatile component comparison - a preliminary study. J Forensic Sci 1985;30(2):405-11.
4. Beshanishvily GS, Trosman EA, Dallakian PB, Voskerchian GP. Ballpoint ink age - a new approach. Proceedings of the 12th International Forensic Scientists Symposium; 1990 Oct 15-19; Adelaide, Australia.
5. Aginsky VN. Some new ideas for dating ballpoint inks - a feasibility study. J Forensic Sci 1993;38(5):134-50.
6. Aginsky VN. Determination of the age of ballpoint ink by gas and densitometric thin-layer chromatography. J Chromatogr A 1994;678:117-25.
7. Aginsky VN. Dating and characterizing writing, stamp pad and jet printer inks by gas chromatography/mass spectrometery. Int J Forensic Doc Examiners 1996;2(2):103-15.
8. Aginsky VN. Measuring ink extractability as a function of age - why the relative aging approach is unreliable and why it is more correct to measure ink volatile components than dyes. Int J Forensic Doc Examiners 1998;4(3):214-30.
9. Budavari S, editor. The merck index: an encyclopedia of chemicals, drugs, and biologicals. 12th ed. Whitehouse Station (NJ): Merck Research Laboratories Division of Merck & Co., Inc., 1996:7410.
10. Gaudreau M, Brazeau L. Ink dating using a solvent loss ratio method. Proceedings of the 60th Annual Conference of the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners; 2002 Aug 14-18; San Diego (CA).
11. Brazeau L, Chauhan M, Gaudreau M. The use of micro-extraction in the development of a method to determine the aging characteristics of inks. Proceedings of the 58th Annual Conference of the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners; 2000 Aug 24-29; Ottawa, Ontario.
12. Vu DTT. SPME/GC-MS characterization of volatiles associated with methamphetamine: toward the development of a pseudomethamphetamine training manual. J Forensic Sci 2001;46(5):1014-24.
13. Vu DTT. Characterization and aging study of currency ink and currency canine training aids using headspace SPME/GC-MS. J Forensic Sci 2003;48(4).
14. Aginsky VN. Forensic examination of "slightly soluble" ink pigments using thin-layer chromatography. J Forensic Sci 1993;38:1131-3.
15. Brunelle RL, Pro MJ. A systematic approach to ink identification. J AOAC Int 1972;55:823-26.
16. Kelly JD, Cantu AA. Proposed standard methods for ink identification. J AOAC Int 1975;58:122-25.
17. The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) E 1422-98: Standard Guide for Test Methods for Forensic Writing Ink Comparison, 1998;530-7.
18. The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) E 1789-96: Standard Guide for Writing Ink Identification, 1996:722-6.
19. Brunelle RL, Crawford KR. Advances in the forensic analysis and dating of writing ink. Springfield (IL): Charles C. Thomas, 2003;164.