STABILIZATION PROCESSING WITH AFD-25, ACETIC ACID, AND THIOUREA

Abstract

Mobile photographic laboratories, used by the Dept. of the Army, employ stabilization processing as a means of eliminating the conventional washing procedure. The rapid processing system currently employed uses an Amidol developer,A SODIUM BISULFITE STOP BATH, AND A THIOUREA STABILIZATION BATH. Difficulties in developer procurement and satisfactory shelf life of the developer are serious defects in the system. AFD-25, acetic acid, and thiourea, used at a processing temperature of 100 F, were investigated as a replacement. Experimental data and results obtained during actual operating conditions are described and evaluated. S bstitution of the AFD-25 system eliminates the previous difficulties and improves the stabilization process. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0289673

Entities

People

  • Christopher A. Lucas
  • Harvey Hodes

Organizations

  • United States Army Communications-Electronics Command

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acetic Acid
  • Experimental Data
  • Laboratory Procedures
  • Procurement
  • Shelf Life

Readers

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis