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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2009  > July  >
Chemistry for Everyone
Crime Scene Investigation in the Art World: The Case of the Missing Masterpiece
Katharine J. Harmon, Lisa M. Miller, and Julie T. Millard
Department of Chemistry, Colby College, Waterville, ME 04901
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July 2009
Vol. 86 No. 7
p. 817
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The relationships between chemistry, crime, and art are explored in an outreach activity for middle and high school students that investigates a possible art fraud. Students characterize pigment samples via spectroscopy and chemical analysis to determine whether the pigments in a questioned painting are consistent with those used by the alleged artist or are suggestive of a more modern origin. In lieu of actual paint samples, water-soluble dyes and metal salts are used as mock pigments, allowing characterization of colored solutions via UV–visible absorbance spectroscopy. Chemical tests for iron and copper further assist with pigment identification.
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Harmon, Katharine J.; Miller, Lisa M.; Millard, Julie T. J. Chem. Educ. 2009, 86, 817.
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Keywords
Dyes / Pigments; Elementary / Middle School Science; First-Year Undergraduate / General; Forensic Chemistry; Hands-On Learning / Manipulatives; High School / Introductory Chemistry; Inquiry-Based / Discovery Learning; Laboratory Instruction; Public Understanding / Outreach; UV-Vis Spectroscopy
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6/9/2009
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