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What's in my ink?
Mom's Millennium Monthly Red
Status: Incompletely Characterized
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Average Particle Size: TBD
Elemental Composition: Currently under analysis. Older data for a similarly labeled ink is available from Forte et al., Sci. Tot. Environment, 2009, 407, 5997
(values in ng/g unless otherwise stated)
Aluminum (2.41 ± 0.15 μg/g)
Barium (9.74 ± 0.38 μg/g)
Cadmium (26.3 ± 1.4)
Cobalt (10.7 ± 0.6)
Chromium (1131 ± 74)
Copper (0.790 ± 0.039 μg/g)
Iron (0.717 ± 0.057 μg/g)
Mercury < LoQ
Manganese (619 ± 39)
Nickel (44.8 ± 3.7)
Lead (422 ± 30)
Antimony (9.03 ± 0.64)
Strontium (0.320 ± 0.028 μg/g)
Vanadium (27.0 ± 1.1)
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Crystal Structure
Major FTIR peaks: 3350 (broad), 3220 (broad), 1622, 1626, 1588, 1580, 1574, 1471, 1336, 1036 cm-1
Mass(es) of Major Molecular Components: TBD
![Mom's Monthly Red Raman Spectrum (225 mW power, 1s integration, 2 average, 1 boxcar, autobaseline ON](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8c6473_65c5e18eefad48a4a3ad29120cb650c0~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_49,h_37,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/8c6473_65c5e18eefad48a4a3ad29120cb650c0~mv2.png)
![UV-Vis Reflectance Spectrum of Mom's Monthly Red](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8c6473_3cd913d1712d4ba0b6133af281624bdb~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_49,h_31,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/8c6473_3cd913d1712d4ba0b6133af281624bdb~mv2.png)
![FTIR Spectrum of Mom's Monthly Red](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3a2bf4_0e39c413fe6149d299059f9acdf97c0d~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_49,h_32,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3a2bf4_0e39c413fe6149d299059f9acdf97c0d~mv2.png)
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