Re: X-ray film developers

Virginia Boehm (gini@ix.netcom.com)
Mon, 3 Apr 1995 14:45:03 -0700

You wrote:

>
>As a project in my Chemistry and Art class, a student is going to make
some
>photomicrograph negatives by projecting the image from the microscope
>directly on to the film - a nice way (I hope) to make large negatives
for
>contact printing. Someone sent me some DuPont Cronex 14" x 17" X-ray
film
>that he is going to use. I have tried Dektol with a test, but it seems
to
>work too fast. I also have some Kodak D-11 developer. Can anyone make
any
>guesses about D-11, or does anyone have some other suggestions?
>
>
>
>

I've never developed x-ray film. If I had to, I'd ask my dentist what
they cook the stuff in. It may seem a strange way to find out, but
they develop x-ray film every day.

Gini