Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis, Volume. 36, Issue 7, 2207(2016)
Non-Destructive Identification of Pigments Printed on the Bank Bill Issued in 1945
Three-dimensional video microscopy, Raman spectrometer and scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) were employed to analyze the pigments of various colors on a sample of bank bill issued in 1945. The results indicated that organic pigments including C. I. Pigment Red 146 and C. I. Pigment Red 53∶1, and inorganic pigments such as cinnabar, parareaglar, χ-phase of realgar, carbon black and Prussian blue were used in printing; the brown-black handwriting letters were speculated to be formed from the fading black-blue ink. Most areas of the bank bill were in one single color with one pigment, but two areas of orange-red seals were checked to be colored with cinnabar and two different phases of realgar, and the parareaglar, and χ-phase of realgar were found to be used as printing pigments firstly. This study shows that combining with three technologies above-mentioned is viable and it has great application potential in non-destructive identification of organic and inorganic pigments on paper-based cultural heritage.
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JI Jin-xin, ZHOU Wen-hua, YAO Na, GAN Qing, WANG Ji-gang, ZHOU Zhong, SHI Ji-long. Non-Destructive Identification of Pigments Printed on the Bank Bill Issued in 1945[J]. Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis, 2016, 36(7): 2207
Received: Jun. 2, 2015
Accepted: --
Published Online: Dec. 23, 2016
The Author Email: Jin-xin JI (ji_jinxin@sina.com)