Society of Motion Picture Engineers : incorporation and by-laws (1929)

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Fixing Baths — Crahtrce and Hart 391 the point of precipitation to be satisfactory for further use because of the propensity to precipitate a scum on the surface of the film. If the fixing bath had not been revived a precipitate of aluminium sulfite would normally have occurred after about 17,500 feet of Effect of Repeacteo Revival on the Properties OF A HARDENING FlXINQ BATH Test B > (U 2 Q Developer Life 2 3 4. Order of Revival Figure 10. Original Formula Potassium Alum o.bf. Acetic Acid [gl.j 0.5% Sodium Sulphite 0.3 % Hypo 30% Note: Vertical lines indicate EFFecT of Revival Bath Revived with 0.237. Acetic Acid after every 7500 ft of Motion Picture Film had been fixed in 50 ga of Fixing Ba+h. Effect of revival with acid at more frequent intervals than in the case of Figure 9, film had been fixed per 50 gallons. By reviving as above the life was prolonged to 30,000 feet. It is also apparent that the properties of the fixing bath remain more nearly uniform with frequent revivals using smaller quantities of acid. If the bath had been revived at sufficiently frequent intervals the various curves would tend to approximate