Problem
Read the content found on the document called 3.05 Ink Chromatography Activity Procedure Questions
A. Why is ink chromatography a tool that CAN be used in this particular case to help determine the guilty person?
B. What happened to the ink in each sample as water moved up the pieces of paper?
C. Which of the samples seemed to be insoluble in water? What would the investigator have to use as the solvent if all the samples behaved this way?
D. Which suspect sample seems to match the sample from the ransom note? What information was most useful in determining this?
E. Is it fair to say that the person whose pen matched the note is DEFINITELY the guilty person? Explain.
F. Explain a situation in which ink chromatography would not have been an appropriate method in this case.