----- Original Message ----- From: "Chauncey Walden" <clwaldeniii@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 9:22 AM Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Pyro in a Jobo Processor > > > I assume the EDTA is there as an antioxidant just like it > is used in > food as a preservative - check your salad dressing. > Anyway, it works > fine. I was developing film last night in a JOBO, 8x10 in > a print drum, > 4x5's in a print drum I had modified with lucite rods as > spacers, and > 4x5's in the old format holders in a larger drum. 300ml > PMK 1-2-100 and > 1.5ml 10 percent EDTA. No sweat. > Chauncey > > > What foods have EDTA in them? Sulfite is common. AFAIK EDTA has no anti-oxidant or germicidal properties. EDTA salts appear to be used for preventing sludging due to magnesium and calcium salts in water. --- 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.