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Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers ( Volume: 10, Issue: 25, May 1926)
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The Staining Properties of Motion Picture Developers

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SMPTE
Doc Type
Journal Article
Article Type
research-article
Abstract
When Most developing agents become oxidized either by the oxygen in the air or by virtue of performing useful work in reducing a silver emulsion to metallic silver, they are converted to colored products which behave like a solution of a dye towards the gelatin coating on film and stain it uniformly. With developers like pyro, which in alkaline solution readily oxidizes to a reddish brown compound, more or less of the colored oxidation product is deposited along with the silver image during development so that a stain image is obtained. This image increases the effective contrast of the negative but is usually accompanied by more or less general stain.<sup>1</sup> Elon and hydroquinone oxidize much less readily than pyro, and in the case of an average elon-hydroquinone motion picture developer which contains a relatively high concentration of sulphite, the rate of oxidation is comparatively slow. The oxidation products of the hydroquinone in this case are most probably hydroquinone mono and di-sodium sulphonates<sup>2</sup> which are colorless. The mono-sulphonate is a weak developer and the di-sulphonate does not develop at all. This explains why certain elon-hydroquinone developers on standing in an open tray for two or three days at room temperature may lose their developing power although they become only slightly colored.
Publication Date
1926-05-01
DOI
10.5594/J10292
Link
https://doi.org/10.5594/J10292
Author(s)
J. I. Crabtree, M. L. Dundon
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J. I. Crabtree and M. L. Dundon; The Staining Properties of Motion Picture Developers, Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers ( Volume: 10, Issue: 25, May 1926); SMPTE, 1926. Available at https://doi.org/10.5594/J10292
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J. I. Crabtree and M. L. Dundon; The Staining Properties of Motion Picture Developers, Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers ( Volume: 10, Issue: 25, May 1926); SMPTE, 1926
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