Attenuated total reflectance fourier transform infrared spectroscopy analysis of red seal inks on questioned document

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1153-1156

  Nam, Yun Sik ^a   Park, Jin Sook ^a   Kim, Nak Kyoon ^a   Lee, Yeonhee ^a   Lee, Kang Bong ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Forensic science; Infrared spectral database; Micro attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared; Questioned documents; Red seal inks; Stamp

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903433062     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.12502     Document Type: Article

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