Abstract

The purpose of this study was to confirm the possibility of using the ink stroke density and width as a non-destructive analysis factor for estimating the ink and ball size of a ballpoint pen in the field of identification of writing instruments for document evaluation. The density and width of strokes were measured by applying a constant pressure (100-300 g) to a total of 39 ballpoint pens of 4 types of ink (oil, low-viscosity oil, gel and water) and ball size (0.5-1.0 mm). As a morphological characteristic of stroke density, it was confirmed that there were four types: 1) Selective diffusion of high-viscosity ink, 2) Agglomeration, 3) Dot, 4) Selective diffusion of low-viscosity ink. The deposition value of ink stroke density showed a tendency to be measured twice as low for oil (33.74~47.26%) with high viscosity compared to gel (78.19~84.66%) and water (44.96~85.26%) with low viscosity of ink. The stroke width showed a tendency to increase as the pressure applied to the ballpoint pen and the size of the ball increased. The stroke width according to the ink was similar in the case of oily and low-viscosity oils, but in the case of neutral, it was about 100 μm higher than that of oil and low-viscosity oils. As a result, the density and width of strokes showed a difference in the characteristics that appeared according to the viscosity of the ink. In the order of non-destructive analysis for the identification of writing instruments, it is necessary to ① analyze the deposit shape and deposit value of ink stroke density, and ② to estimate the ink and ball size through ink width measurement. It was confirmed that it can be used.

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