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HappyJaguar t1_iwr17do wrote

Are you using any extractions or separation chemistry? I would assume the spectra are quite complex upon direct analysis.

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intengineering OP t1_iwr26n6 wrote

We use a variety of chromatography techniques, electron microscopy, X-ray fluorescence, and others to evaluate the inks. You are correct that they are quite complex so step one is often just separating the components with something like distillation to simplify the analysis. -JRS

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