Identification and differentiation of the red ink entries of seals on document by laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry

Forensic Science International

Volumn 236, Issue , 2014, Pages 99-108

  Wang, Xiang Feng ^a   Zhang, Yun ^b   Wu, Yao ^a   Yu, Jing ^b   Xie, Meng Xia ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Institute of Beijing Criminal Science and Technology   (China)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Identification; LDI MS; Pigment; Red ink entries of seals

Indexed keywords

BASIC VIOLET 3; BRONZE RED C; DYE; FAST RED R; INK; PIGMENT RED 112; PIGMENT RED 22; SCARLET POWDER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; ELECTROSPRAY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; WRITING;

EID: 84893016394     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.12.034     Document Type: Article

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