Re: Digital Negatives - the next chapter

Beakman (beakman@netcom.com)
Wed, 31 Jul 1996 04:54:02 -0700 (PDT)

> Have you tried mixing the platinum and palladium solutions together while
> warm, and then using it? I think you'll find you don't need to keep
> heating the stuff up to use it.

I'm not quite sure I follow you here, John. Did you mean to say mixing
the Pt and Pd solutions together with the Ferric Oxalate, and then
storing that?

I get my Pt and Pd solutions in aqueous form from Bostick and Sullivan.
Since the Pt solution is super-saturated I like to heat it to make sure
any crytals which may have formed at room temperature are dissolved.
Also, as I mentioned, the ratio of metals to ferric oxalate is related to
the temperatures of the solutions.

Could you elaborate a bit more on what you meant?

David