[HN Gopher] Using carbon isotopes to fight the rise in fraudulen...
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       Using carbon isotopes to fight the rise in fraudulent whisky
        
       Author : Someone
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2020-01-24 13:25 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | maxander wrote:
       | I wonder if dealers in fraudulent art/whisky/whatever have
       | started purchasing samples of 13C or 14C to try to fool this kind
       | of analysis. I don't know what the cost would be, but it would
       | only need very small quantities (and very, very careful
       | measurement.)
        
         | Animats wrote:
         | That would only help if you wanted to present something old as
         | being newer.
        
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