Research Article

Investigation and Discrimination of Ballpoint Pen Inks by Analytical Techniques and Chemometrics

Table 5

DP calculations of ballpoint pen inks with cluster analysis.

Color of ballpoint penDP with UV/Vis data cluster analysisDP with FTIR data cluster analysis

Blue0.980.99
Black0.991
Red11
Green11

DP: discriminating power; UV/Vis: ultraviolet visible spectroscopy; FTIR: Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.