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Teachers' guide 2 - National STEM Centre

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Models and other visual aIds<br />

Figure M.3<br />

An overhead projector in use. Projector by 3M Company<br />

To prepare transparencies from printed originals, methods such as a photographic<br />

diffusion process or a thermal process are available. The different types<br />

of transparency which can be prepared by the thermal process make it particularly<br />

suitable for the chemistry printed originals and the method is very simple.<br />

The infra-red copier machine is first warmed up by passing a plain sheet of<br />

paper through two or three times, the temperature control dial is then set to<br />

give an appropriate machine speed, and finally a sheet of specially coated acetate<br />

film is placed on top of the printed original and passed through the copier. The<br />

transparency is produced in a few seconds ready for use.<br />

The 3M Company manufacture a variety of coated acetate films. Type 133 is a<br />

thin but very strong sheet on which a black image is produced by the thermal<br />

process. It is suitable for most of the chemistry printed originals. Type 127 is a<br />

thicker sheet useful for transparencies which are likely to be written on (see<br />

below) or frequently handled. Ifan original contains fine detail, or if typewritten<br />

information has been added, Type 125 is more suitable as the thermal process<br />

produces a fine line frosted image. There is also Type 888 available as a . rainbow<br />

pack' from which transparencies can be prepared in five different colours. It is<br />

especially useful for the preparation of overlays (see below).<br />

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