Brunelle, Richard L., <br/><br/>
Advances in the forensic analysis and dating of writing ink / 
by Richard L. Brunelle and Kenneth R. Crawford. 
 - xix, 215 pages :  illustrations ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Historical development: how we got here -- Ink analysis: training and interdisciplinary coordination -- Ink chemistry -- Preliminary methods of analysis -- Forensic comparison and identification of writing inks by thin layer chromatography and densitometry -- Instrumental analysis of inks -- Ink libraries -- Ink dating: TLC/densitometry -- Other means of dating writing inks -- Experiments regarding the effects of ink thickness, paper, storage conditions, linearity of densitometer measurements, and the aging of paper on ink dryness tests -- Results of actual case examinations using R-ratio, percent extraction and dye ratio methods -- The society of forensic ink analysts (SOFIA) -- Court admissibility of relative age comparison techniques. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0398073465 (hard) 9780398073466 (hard)  RM282.70 0398073473 (pbk.) 9780398073473 (pbk.)  RM 201.67 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002-020460 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Writing--Identification.<br/>Ink.