TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brunelle,Richard L.
AU  - Crawford,Kenneth R.
TI  - Advances in the forensic analysis and dating of writing ink
SN  - 0398073465 (hard)
PY  - 2003///], © 2003
CY  - Springfield, Illinois
PB  - Charles C Thomas
KW  - Writing
KW  - Identification
KW  - Ink
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
ER  -