摘要:
A thermoelectric Peltier heat transfer device is used to treat a fluid, such as a photographic processing solution to reduce or prevent biogrowth. The device include both hot and cold sides that are in direct fluid flow communication so that the same fluid is treated on both sides of the device. The treated fluid is subjected to flash pasteurization on the hot side of the device, and immediately and rapidly cooled on the cold side without loss of volume. Thus, the same fluid is treated on both sides of the heat transfer device in a closed system before being returned to desired chemical, photographic or other processes.
摘要:
There is provided a method for removing silver from photoprocessing solutions containing hardening agents which comprises:a) adding a chelating agent to the photoprocessing solution in an amount sufficient to inhibit the precipitation of the high valent cations of the hardening agents;b) adding a base to adjust the pH of the photoprocessing solution to a value above 5.5; andc) adding a chemical precipitant for the silver contained in the photoprocessing solution;and optionally adding as a final component a flocculating agent which causes the precipitate to grow in size.
摘要:
A process for inhibiting the formation of an unwanted precipitate comprising [H.sub.2-n TMT]Na.sub.n [HNR.sub.3 ] during the precipitation of silver mercapto-s-triazine (AgTMT) from a silver containing photoprocessing solution, comprising the steps of:(a) providing a base solution;(b) providing a reagent solution containing mercapto-s-triazine (TMT), or a water soluble salt thereof;(c) mixing the TMT reagent solution with the photoprocessing solution; and(d) adding sufficent base to increase the pH of the mixture of the TMT reagent and photoprocessing solutions above the pH of the mixture before addition of base, and the base is mixed:(i) directly to the photoprocessing solution before mixing TMT reagent with the photoprocessing solution; or(ii) with the photoprocessing solution concurrently with TMT reagent; or(iii) immediately after the point TMT reagent begins mixing with the photoprocessing solution.
摘要:
A method of treating a solute in a liquid solution in order to render the solution more acceptable for discharge into the environment, comprises electrolyzing the solution with an anode comprising electrically conductive crystalline doped diamond to thereby oxidize the solute.
摘要:
A color developing composition is stable in the presence of calcium ion because of the presence of two specific types of polyphosphonic acid sequestering agents. The composition also comprises a color developing agent in free base form and an antioxidant for the color developing agent. The mixture of sequestering agents includes a polyaminopolyphosphonic acid and either a hydroxyalkylidenediphosphonic acid or morpholinomethanediphosphonic acid. The composition can be used to provide images in various color photographic silver halide materials.
摘要:
There is provided a process for converting a silver-mercapto-s-triazine precipitate to a solid containing silver and a solution containing mercapto-s-triazine by contacting the silver-mercapto-s-triazine precipitate with one or more reducing agents. In preferred embodiments, at least one of the reducing agents has a redox potential more negative than about -0.9 V vs. Normal Hydrogen Electrode, NHE.
摘要:
A method for making trialkali metal and triammonium salts of 2,4,6 trimercapto-s-triazine comprising the steps of:(a) forming a reaction mixture of an acetone solution of cyanuric chloride and an aqueous solution of sodium hydrosulfide hydrates;(b) stirring the mixture thereby forming 2,4,6-trimercapto-s-triazine;(c) acidifying the mixture to form a precipitate; and(d) dissolving the precipitate in a basic solution selected from alkali metal hydroxides and ammonium hydroxide thereby forming a trialkali metal or triammonium salt of 2,4,6 trimercapto-s-triazine.
摘要:
A process for removing silver from a silver containing photoprocessing solution, including the steps of:a) mixing a mercapto-s-triazine, or a water soluble salt thereof, with the solution thereby causing formation of a mixture of i) precipitates and fines of silver mercapto-s-triazine and ii) the solution;b) mixing a copolymer flocculant with the mixture thereby causing flocculation and agglomeration of the silver TMT fines; wherein the copolymer i) consist of monomers selected from the group consisting of acryloyloxyethyl trimethylamine chloride and acrylamide and ii) has a reduced viscosity of 21 to 30 dL/g.
摘要:
A method of reducing uneven use of the total number of printing elements on a print head in a printer, when selectively using the printing elements to make different size color image prints on respective similar size receiver mediums, comprises: selectively using the total number of printing elements to make color image prints substantially the same size as the receiver mediums; and selectively using a particular number of printing elements less than the total number of printing elements to make similar size color image prints smaller than the receiver mediums, but alternating which ones of the total number of printing elements can be selectively used to make each print so that the placement of each print on a receiver medium is alternated, whereby, since those printing elements that can be selectively used to make each print smaller than a receiver medium are alternated, uneven use of the printing elements is reduced.
摘要:
A method of reducing uneven use of a series of heating elements a color image print smaller than the size of the receiver medium and leave a non-image non-color margin area along at least one side of the color image print; and using other ones of the heating elements to effect yellow, magenta and cyan dye transfers superimposed on a non-image non-color margin area left along at least one side of the color image print to make the margin area a shade of substantially gray or black, whereby, since those heating elements which are not to be selectively used to effect the dye transfers to create the color image print are instead used to effect the dye transfers to make a non-image non-color margin area left along at least one side of the color image print a shade of substantially gray or black, uneven use of the heating elements on the print head is reduced.