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Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis of Inks on Paper

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

J.C. Russ*
Affiliation:
EDAX International, Inc., P.O. Box 135, Prairie View, IL 60069
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Interest in the analysis of inks on paper has come primarily, although not exclusively, from forensic scientists. Two classes of problems are encountered: comparison of inks in different regions of a single document, to detect additions (such as adding a “ty” to your handwritten check for “nine” dollars) made with a visually similar but hopefully compositionally distinct ink; and verification of authenticity in documents (including stamps, stock certificates, currency, etc.) by the presence of specific tag elements in certain of the inks present.

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Other XRF Applications
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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1979

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