----- 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 ============================================================================================================= 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.