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What’s Inside Blue Ballpoint Ink? Fatty Acids and Alcohol

What’s Inside Blue Ballpoint Ink? Fatty Acids and Alcohol
Patents for ballpoint pens go back to the late 1800s, but it took half a century to develop good, fast-drying inks. The post What's Inside Blue Ballpoint Ink? Fatty Acids and Alcohol appeared first on WIRED.

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