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MICROSCOPIC BLEMISH [1 record]

Record 1 1982-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
  • Types of Documentation (Library Science)
OBS

Blemish : A microscopic spot which may appear on film and is usually reddish or yellowish in color, sometimes termed aging blemish or microscopic spot.

OBS

Redox is, of course, the abbreviation of oxidation-reduction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
  • Documentation (Bibliothéconomie)
OBS

Les dommages occasionnés par ces composés oxydants sur les images des microfilms sont matérialisés par des taches d'oxydo-réduction: il y a oxydation locale de l'argent de l'image causant ainsi la formation de dépôts minuscules d'argent colloïdal coloré (brun jaunâtre, taches de 10 à 15 microns de diamètre).

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