A comparative study of ballpoint ink ageing parameters using GC/MS Agnès Koenig, Sophie Magnolon, Céline Weyermann Forensic Science International Volume 252, Pages 93-106 (July 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.03.027 Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 Sample collection procedure [14,21]. Forensic Science International 2015 252, 93-106DOI: (10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.03.027) Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Terms and Conditions
Fig. 2 Ageing curves obtained for 1–395 days-old samples from ink 1688: (A) quantities of PE recovered in natural and heated samples; (B) calculated R%; (C) RPA(PE/BA); (D) (R%* calculated from RPA(PE/BA). The inflexion intervals at which the 1st falling rate did not significantly contribute to the regression anymore are indicated with grey dotted lines. Forensic Science International 2015 252, 93-106DOI: (10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.03.027) Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Terms and Conditions
Fig. 3 Ageing curves of the quantity of PE recovered in the heated samples of ink 1688, 1774 and 1892. Forensic Science International 2015 252, 93-106DOI: (10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.03.027) Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Terms and Conditions
Fig. 4 Ageing curve of the different solvents present in ink 1688 (A), in ink 1774 (B) and in ink 1892 (C). IS, Internal standard; PEE, Phenoxyethoxyethanol; BA, Benzyl alcohol; HG, Hexylene glycol; DPG, dipropylene glycol; DMCH, dimethylcyclohexadienone. Forensic Science International 2015 252, 93-106DOI: (10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.03.027) Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Terms and Conditions
Fig. 5 Ageing curve of ink 1688, 1774, 1892 stored in the laboratory and built with: (A) the natural quantities of PE, (B) ratios of ink compounds, and (C) R% calculated with RPA. Forensic Science International 2015 252, 93-106DOI: (10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.03.027) Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Terms and Conditions
Fig. 6 Ageing curve of ink 1688, 1774, 1892 stored in the climatic chamber and built with (A) quantity of PE, (B) RPA(PE/BA), and (C) R%*. Forensic Science International 2015 252, 93-106DOI: (10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.03.027) Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Terms and Conditions
Fig. 7 Influence of different initial writing pressures on the ageing curve of ink 1688: 100g, 250g, 350g as well as lines written with uncontrolled pressure from two different •writers. Three ageing parameters were represented (A) Quantity of PE, (B) RPA(PE/BA), (C) R%*. Forensic Science International 2015 252, 93-106DOI: (10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.03.027) Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Terms and Conditions
Fig. 8 Normalisation of the ageing curves obtained for different writing pressures using the ink line surfaces of ink 1688 (mm2) for: (A) the natural quantities of PE, (B) R%*. Forensic Science International 2015 252, 93-106DOI: (10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.03.027) Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Terms and Conditions