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Radiography in Modern Industry - Kodak

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Figure 126: Electron micrograph of exposed, partially developed, and fixed gra<strong>in</strong>s,show<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>itiation of development at localized sites on the gra<strong>in</strong>s (1µ = 1 micron = 0.001mm).It was further known that the material of the latent image was, <strong>in</strong> all probability, silver. For oneth<strong>in</strong>g, chemical reactions that will oxidize silver will also destroy the latent image. For another, it isa common observation that photographic materials given prolonged exposure to light darkenspontaneously, without the need for development. This darken<strong>in</strong>g is known as the pr<strong>in</strong>t-outimage. The pr<strong>in</strong>tout image conta<strong>in</strong>s enough material to be identified chemically, and this materialis metallic silver. By microscopic exam<strong>in</strong>ation, the silver of the pr<strong>in</strong>t-out image is discovered to belocalized at certa<strong>in</strong> discrete areas of the gra<strong>in</strong> (See Figure 127), just as is the latent image.Figure 127: Electron micrograph of photolytic silver produced <strong>in</strong> a gra<strong>in</strong> by very <strong>in</strong>tenseexposure to light.<strong>Radiography</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Modern</strong> <strong>Industry</strong> 200

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