Pigment ink

Insoluble colourant (carbon black, titanium dioxide, organic pigments) suspended in a binder. Pigment particles do not migrate on TLC, so Raman, FTIR and LDI-MS dominate the comparison.

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Inks, Papers and Age of Documents

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Aginsky method ASTM E2789-11 Ballpoint ink Brunelle R-ratio method Dye-based ink Gel pen ink Iron-gall ink LDI-MS / MALDI-TOF Optical brightener Phenoxyethanol decay Raman spectroscopy TLC and HPTLC

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