Differentiating writing inks using direct analysis in real time mass spectrometry

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 915-918

  Jones, Roger W ^a,c   Cody, Robert B ^b   McClelland, John F ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JEOL USA INC   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic science; Ink library; Inks; Mass spectrometry; Questioned documents

Indexed keywords

DYE; INK; ION;

AGE DETERMINATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; MASS SPECTROMETER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; REAL TIME MASS SPECTROMETRY; THERMOSTABILITY; WRITING;

EID: 33745737683     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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