New Stop Bath and Fixing Bath Formulas and Methods for their Revival

J. I. Crabtree, L. E. Muehler, H. D. Russell

Several substitutes for acetic acid are recommended for use in acid stop baths and fixing baths including white vinegar, a mixture of sodium acetate and sodium acid sulfate, sodium bisulfite, and citric acid. — Methods of testing stop baths to determine the exhaustion point are described and procedures given for their revival by the addition of acid. — A formula for a new rapid fixing bath is also given, including instructions for reviving fixing baths by the addition of acid at intervals.

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Published
1942-04
Content type
Original Research
DOI
10.5594/J09907