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electrostatic detection device (edd)

An instrument that uses electrostatic charge as the mechanism to visualize paper fiber disturbances (for example, indentations, erasures, typewritten material/lift off).

Date Added to Lexicon
Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)
ANSI/ASB Standard 035-20 Standard for the Examination of Documents for Alterations . AAFS Academy Standards Board (ASB), 410 North 21st Street, Colorado Springs, CO , 2020. Source link