EDTA can actually increase the rate of oxidation in some cases. =20 Considering that film is exposed to the developer for only 10 to 15 minutes the action of the EDTA seems quite miraculous. -----Original Message----- From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim MacKenzie Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 11:52 AM To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Pyro in a Jobo Processor ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "John Black" <jblack@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 10:39 AM Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Pyro in a Jobo Processor > How does it do that? It sequesters other things than just calcium but > generally restricted to metals. Beats me, but Gordon Hutchings recommends its use in PMK for precisely the=20 reasons I cited. I don't know enough chemistry to know the science behind=20 it. Jim=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 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. ============================================================================================================= 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.