ader said:...this fixer contains sodium thiosulphate...
Ole said:Ilfofix is a neutral ammonium thiosulfate fixer.
dancqu said:If used fresh, the ph neutral, unadulterated sodium
thiosulfates will do all that a fixer can do. No need to add
anything.
Ole said:"Sodium thiosulfate is not recommended for some films
(and papers), because it won't dissolve silver iodide."
That is a complete falsehood. It is in fact the thiosulfate, be it
sodium or ammonium, which complexes well with the halogens of
silver. While the ammonium ion will complex well with the chloride and
some what with the bromide, it has practically no affinity for the iodide.
"What makes you think "unadulterated sodium thiosulfate" is neutral?"
I've measured it a number of times. Most often it's ph measures 6.8.
That puts it very slightly on the acid side of neutral.
If you don't believe me give ammonium chloride alone a try. Dan
dancqu said:Ole said:... It is in fact the thiosulfate, be it
sodium or ammonium, which complexes well with the halogens of
silver. While the ammonium ion will complex well with the chloride and
some what with the bromide, it has practically no affinity for the iodide.
Sorry, but...
The point is not the halogens - thiosulfate complexes very well with silver, not halogens. Same for ammonium, another silver complexer - but not as efficient. Ammonium also forms complexes with halogens, but to a much lesser extent. This increases the solubility of the silver halogens, of which sliver iodide is the least soluble. In this way ammonium thiosulfate (or ammonium and thiosulfate) dissolves silver iodide in a fraction of the time it would take without the ammonium. This lets silver iodide be fixed out in a reasonable time, which it won't without ammonium.
I'm afraid you've got the fixing process backwards: The halogen ions are very soluble, the point of fixer is to make the silver unavailable to them by wrapping the silver in tight complexes. And the solubility of the silver halogen compounds play a role in the speed with which this happens - (silver) chloride is more soluble than the bromide which is more soluble than the iodide. About a factor of 10 difference with each step.
Ole said:- thiosulfate complexes very well with silver -
In reading your post I don't see any disagreement. I should have been
more clear on one matter. Better put I might have said; "Thiosulfate
complexes very well with silver in the presence of chloride ion,
less well in the presence of the bromide ion, and least well
in the presence of the iodide ion.
As you pointed out ammonium does less well in the presence of all three
of the halogens. In fact it's ability to complex silver in the presence
of iodide ion is almost nill. Of course if the amount of silver iodide
is extremly low the entire matter becomes academic.
I've not tested for "Rapid". From reading I've the impression it
applies much more so to papers than silver iodided emulsions.
I'd say as one would expect. Dan
mobtown_4x5 said:Is the formulary TF-4 sufficient to clear the high iodide materials?
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