Preliminary Investigations into Using Eugenol to Recover Erased Characters on Polymers
In this paper we present our preliminary studies on the efficacy of eugenol for the recovery of erased characters on polymers. We have found that eugenol rapidly recovers erased characters when applied to the surface of polymer substrates. By applying eugenol to the surface to be treated using a c...
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2007
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| author | Burke, Karl Lewis, Simon Bett, J. Southurst, T. Lim, K. Gutowski, S. |
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| description | In this paper we present our preliminary studies on the efficacy of eugenol for the recovery of erased characters on polymers. We have found that eugenol rapidly recovers erased characters when applied to the surface of polymer substrates. By applying eugenol to the surface to be treated using a cotton bud or paintbrush, we were able to revisualize erased characters from a range of polymers, inclluding acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, acrylic, high-impact polystrene, and polystyrene. Eugenol is safe, nonhazardour, and easily sourced reagent for this purpose. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-59082017-01-30T10:49:14Z Preliminary Investigations into Using Eugenol to Recover Erased Characters on Polymers Burke, Karl Lewis, Simon Bett, J. Southurst, T. Lim, K. Gutowski, S. In this paper we present our preliminary studies on the efficacy of eugenol for the recovery of erased characters on polymers. We have found that eugenol rapidly recovers erased characters when applied to the surface of polymer substrates. By applying eugenol to the surface to be treated using a cotton bud or paintbrush, we were able to revisualize erased characters from a range of polymers, inclluding acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, acrylic, high-impact polystrene, and polystyrene. Eugenol is safe, nonhazardour, and easily sourced reagent for this purpose. 2007 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5908 International Association for Identification restricted |
| spellingShingle | Burke, Karl Lewis, Simon Bett, J. Southurst, T. Lim, K. Gutowski, S. Preliminary Investigations into Using Eugenol to Recover Erased Characters on Polymers |
| title | Preliminary Investigations into Using Eugenol to Recover Erased Characters on Polymers |
| title_full | Preliminary Investigations into Using Eugenol to Recover Erased Characters on Polymers |
| title_fullStr | Preliminary Investigations into Using Eugenol to Recover Erased Characters on Polymers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Preliminary Investigations into Using Eugenol to Recover Erased Characters on Polymers |
| title_short | Preliminary Investigations into Using Eugenol to Recover Erased Characters on Polymers |
| title_sort | preliminary investigations into using eugenol to recover erased characters on polymers |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5908 |