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A Qualitative Infrared and Scanning Electron Microscopy Study of the Margins of Fourteen World Postage Stamps

, , and . Research Journal of Pharmaceutical Biological and Chemical Sciences, 9 (6): 1719-+ (2018)

Abstract

Fourteen heavily damaged postage stamps were chosen for an infrared and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) characterization of their non-printed margins. The results show the presence of kaolinite used as filler in all but two samples. These last two contain aluminum (with an Al-OH moiety). One stamp seems to contain barium in the form of sulfate. One stamp contains lead in an unknown chemical compound. All these results were incorporated into a database for future analysis. Quantum chemical calculations of diverse large models of cellulose seem absolutely necessary for the IR band assignments.

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