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Dating The Ballpoint Pen Inks Using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Technique

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Physical chemistry

Abstract

The study of aging of valuable documents is asked by the Forensic Medicine in Egypt. Eight ballpoint pens; commonly used in Egypt were chosen for this study. The aging was studied kinetically by measuring the solvent concentration of 2-phenoxyethanol overtime by the GC-MS. The ink aging curves were plotted, using the solvent volatility ratio was an effective means of determining the chronological age of the ballpoint pen inks. Our technique was demonstrated by examining tow printed forms of the trust receipts. It was found that determining the ink date is valid and can be trusted. A simple equation is proposed that can be applied for the prediction of ink dating.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2018.4812.1427

Keywords

Ballpoint pen ink, questioned document, a valuable document, ink dating, ink aging, 2-phenoxyethanol, GC-MS

Authors

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

El-sabbah

MiddleName

Mohsen

Affiliation

Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University

Email

mmbel_sabbah@hotmail.com

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First Name

Abdelaziz

Last Name

Gomaa

MiddleName

Zaki

Affiliation

Former Quality Control Director of Pachin Co.

Email

gomaa11@yahoo.com

City

Ca

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First Name

Dalia

Last Name

elhafny

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Pesticides Residues and Environmental Pollution, Central Agricultural Pesticides Laboratory, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt

Email

dalia_elhafny@yahoo.com

City

c

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First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Al-Hawary

MiddleName

Soliman

Affiliation

Forensic Medicine Authority

Email

qdeahmedsoliman1@gmail.com

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Volume

62

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

5055

Issue Date

2019-03-01

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2018-08-11

Publish Date

2019-03-01

Page Start

385

Page End

400

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_16876.html

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297

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Dating The Ballpoint Pen Inks Using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Technique

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Created At

22 Jan 2023