[pure-silver] Re: Fishy developer: NOW Triethanolamine

  • From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:28:25 -0800

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ryuji Suzuki" <rs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 8:51 AM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Fishy developer: NOW 
Triethanolamine


> From: "Koch, Gerald" <gkoch02@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Fishy developer: NOW 
> Triethanolamine
> Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 11:23:39 -0500
>
>> One manufacturer had the following table which may be 
>> useful.
>
> Actually this type of table is not useful at least for 
> photographic
> purposes because diluted pure TEA is rarely (if ever) 
> used. When you
> mix one with other chemicals the pH of the mixture is a 
> result of
> complicated interactions of all constituents.
> --
> Ryuji Suzuki
> "Keep a good head and always carry a light camera."
>

   I think the odor from serously old Dektol comes from the 
Hydroquinone. I remember reading this somewhere along with 
an explanation of what the decomposition product was that 
caused the smell. The source is long lost in my memory.

---
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

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