Differentiation of Red and Black Ballpoint Pen Inks using High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

Characterization of ballpoint pen inks by thermal and desorption and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.

The characterization of ink on paper is of importance for dating and comparing questioned ink entries in forensic document examination. Inks are commonly characterized by their colorant profile that is identified by well-established analytical methods. Numerous ink formulations show identical colorant profiles, though. In order to differentiate inks that are not distinguishable by colorant anal...

Forensic discrimination of blue ballpoint pen inks based on thin layer chromatography and image analysis.

This article aims to provide a new and fast method for differentiation of inks on a questioned document. The data acquisition was carried out by designing specific image analysis software for evaluating thin layer chromatograms (TLC-IA). The ink spot was extracted from the document using methanol and separated by TLC using plastic sheet silica gel 60 without fluorescent indicator, and a mixture...

electrokinetic chromatography, thin-layer chromatography, high-performance thin-layer chromatography, high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with atmospheric pressure chemical ionization–mass spectrometry, reversed-phase HPLC with ultraviolet detection and gas chromatography with negative-ion chemical ionization–mass spectro-

Chem. Abstr. Serv. Reg. No.: 60-56-0 Deleted CAS Reg. Nos: 4708-61-6; 85916-84-3 Chem. Abstr. Name: 1,3-Dihydro-1-methyl-2H-imidazole-2-thione IUPAC Systematic Names: 1-Methylimidazole-2-thiol; 1-methyl-4-imidazoline-2thione Synonyms: 2-Mercapto-1-methyl-1H-imidazole; 2-mercapto-1-methylimidazole; mercazolylum; 1-methyl-1,3-dihydroimidazole-2-thione; N-methylimidazolethiol; 1-methyl-2-imidazole...

Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry

Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

Gas chromatography (GC) is a widely applied technique in many branches of science and technology. For over half a century, GC has played a fundamental role in determining how many components and in what proportion they exist in a mixture. However, the ability to establish the nature and chemical structure of these separated and quantified compounds is ambiguous and reduced, and requires a spect...