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Review Summary
2021-02-15T07:29:22
One of my key ingredients for dry plate photographic emulsion. Perfectly inert gelatin, which allows me to carefully control sensitization.
Jason L.
Sulfite of Soda
Sodium sulfite anhydrous
Disodium sulfite
Sulfurous acid, disodium salt
Exsiccated sodium sulfite
White granular crystals or powder
As a preservative of developing agents
Constituent of the acid fixing bath
Blackener in negative intensification
Active energizer in Amidol development
To clear Polaroid Type 55 black & white negatives
Na2SO3
10g (0.35oz)
675152134011
Use it regularly for photographic emulsion
By Jason L.
One of my key ingredients for dry plate photographic emulsion. Perfectly inert gelatin, which allows me to carefully control sensitization.
Sodium Sulfite Uses
As a preservative of developing agents
Constituent of the acid fixing bath
Blackener in negative intensification
Active energizer in Amidol development
To clear Polaroid Type 55 black & white negatives
Note:
Sodium sulfite is the most widely used preservative in developers. It also plays an important part in the process itself.