ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 January 1980
Page Count: 14

Procedure for the Characterization of Zinc Oxide Photocopy Papers
Kelly, JD
Chief document examiner, Wisconsin Crime Laboratory Bureau,

Haville, P
Postgraduate student, University of Wisconsin,

(Received 2 March 1979; accepted 20 June 1979)

Abstract

A method is presented for the characterization of zinc oxide photocopy papers. The tests include nondestructive physical examinations of weight, pH, and color under ultraviolet light. Chemical tests, consisting of thin-layer chromatographic examination of the sensitizing dyes and infrared spectrophotometry of the binder resins, are carried out on extractions of the photoconductive surface layer. A semiqualitative flow chart has been prepared that permits differentiation of most of the zinc oxide photocopy papers on the basis of the composite of characteristics of 50 papers supplied by eleven manufacturers.

Keywords:
questioned documents, photocopiers, papers

Paper ID: JFS10946J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS10946J
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