This is an editorial regarding a paper published on Thermochimica Acta (R.N. Rogers, Thermochimca Acta, 425 (2005) 189–194). A close-up analysis of the pyrolysis-mass spectra reported in the original paper reveals that the differences found between the samples coming from different parts of the Shroud are just due to the presence of a contaminant with a long aliphatic chain. Except for the presence of the contaminant, the two pyrolysis-mass spectra look alike rather than different. Therefore, the pseudoscientific theory stating that the C14 sample might come from a “medieval invisible mending” remains unsupported by evidences.

There is no mass spectrometry evidence that the C14 sample from the Shroud of Turin comes from a "medieval invisible mending" / BELLA, Marco; Garlaschelli, Luigi; SAMPERI, Roberto. - In: THERMOCHIMICA ACTA. - ISSN 0040-6031. - STAMPA. - 617:(2015), pp. 169-171. [10.1016/j.tca.2015.08.002]

There is no mass spectrometry evidence that the C14 sample from the Shroud of Turin comes from a "medieval invisible mending"

BELLA, Marco
;
SAMPERI, Roberto
2015

Abstract

This is an editorial regarding a paper published on Thermochimica Acta (R.N. Rogers, Thermochimca Acta, 425 (2005) 189–194). A close-up analysis of the pyrolysis-mass spectra reported in the original paper reveals that the differences found between the samples coming from different parts of the Shroud are just due to the presence of a contaminant with a long aliphatic chain. Except for the presence of the contaminant, the two pyrolysis-mass spectra look alike rather than different. Therefore, the pseudoscientific theory stating that the C14 sample might come from a “medieval invisible mending” remains unsupported by evidences.
2015
mass spectrometry; pseudoscience; Shroud of Turin
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There is no mass spectrometry evidence that the C14 sample from the Shroud of Turin comes from a "medieval invisible mending" / BELLA, Marco; Garlaschelli, Luigi; SAMPERI, Roberto. - In: THERMOCHIMICA ACTA. - ISSN 0040-6031. - STAMPA. - 617:(2015), pp. 169-171. [10.1016/j.tca.2015.08.002]
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