Thanks John. Looks like the mystery is solved. Apparently, the Anchell formula is just a stronger stock solution than KHCA. Regards Ralph W. Lambrecht On 11/6/04 3:59 PM, "John Meyers" <jmeyers102@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > --- Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "DarkroomMagic" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: "PureSilverNew" <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 3:50 PM >> Subject: [pure-silver] Re: SPAM DETECTED: Re: >> Viradon vs KBT >> >> >>> Richard >>> >>> How do you get to KHCA being 10% sodium sulfite? >> 'The >>> Darkroom Cookbook' >>> calls for 200 grams of sodium sulfite per liter in >> formula >>> 137. Does that >>> not mean 20%? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> >>> Anchell formula is just a stronger >>> Ralph W. Lambrecht >>> >> Their formula is wrong. I have no idea where they >> got it. >> The paper from Kodak Labs describes the working >> solution as >> 2% sulfite. The formula I have for KHCA is: >> >> Sodium Sulfite, dessicated 100 grams >> Sodium bisulfite 25 grams >> EDTA tetra-sodium salt 5 grams >> Sodium Citrate 5 grams >> Water to make 1 liter >> >> This is also in line with the MSDS >> Also note that 200 grams/liter is close to the >> saturation >> limit for Sodium sulfite. >> >> --- >> Richard Knoppow >> Los Angeles, CA, USA >> dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > > Regarding the formula in The Darkroom Cookbook, it > says that the solution should be diluted 1:9 for use. > I give the formula for this stock solution from > Anchell's book below. (Formula #190 in the 2nd > edition): > > Water (125 degrees F) 750 ml > Sodium Sulfite 200 grams > Sodium bisulfite 50 grams > Water to make 1 liter > > So by diluting this 1:9, one would end up with the 2% > solution mentioned in Richard's post. > > John Meyers > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > ============================================================================== > =============================== > 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.