The Use of Crystal Violet Degradation Products for Ballpoint Pen Ink Manuscript Dating.

ABSTRACT: Determining the approximate dates that written documents were drawn up based on the chemical composition of the ink is not a simple process. It is very demanding in terms of legal requirements. Various studies have succeeded in dating manuscripts by analyzing the temporal evolutions of the concentrations of dyes and solvents in documents based on the original formulations of the ink pens. These analyses were carried out simultaneously by HPLC-DAD for dyes and by GC-MS for solvents. This study aims, for the first time, to evaluate novel ink compounds and the temporal evolution of the concentrations of the degradation products of the dyes used by most suppliers and which are present in almost all types of ballpoint inks, i.e., Crystal Violet (CV). CV degrades through two parallel pathways: o

SUBMITTER: Diaz-Santana O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10490468 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature