----- Original Message ----- From: "donandres" <donandresfoto@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 9:31 PM Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Chemical questions: AmmoniumThiosulphate andAscorbic Acid > Hi Breukel: > > Ok that is correc, Ascorbic acid is a developing agent and > the basic > component for the Kodak X-Tol film developer, now in > production. I listen > that Ascorbic acid is a compound related with the "A" > Vitamin. > Please somebody can tell more about developing with > vitamins? > > > Thanks > Don Andres, (new) Ascorbic acid is related to vitimin C not A. The substance in Xtol is Sodium Isoascorbate. Ascorbic acid is a weak developer when used alone but it has super additive qualities similar to Hydroquinone when used with other developers. Commercial developers use ascorbic acid with Metol or Phenidone. It is not a direct replacement for Hydroquinone, it is only similar in some ways in its actions. Xtol contains a version of Phenidone called Kodak Dimezone-S, isoascorbic acid, Sodium sulfite, borax and sodium hydroxide in propertions to result in Sodium Metaborate in solution, EDTA, to sequester magnesium and calcium carbonates in the water. AFAIK, no other vitimins have been used as developing agents. --- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.