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Re: could it be bubbles?


  • From: boblong@xxxxxxxxxxx (Robert Long)
  • Subject: Re: could it be bubbles?
  • Date: Wed, 04 Dec 1996 23:23:27 GMT

On Wed, 04 Dec 1996 04:33:15 +0000 (GMT), you wrote:

|>It sure sounds like bubbles (air bells) on the film during
|
|If there's a chemist on the list maybe he/she could confirm this, but I
|believe that the Mylar (Polyester) base of Kodak's infrared film could =
be
|the cause of the air bubbles.  Most other films use an acetate film =
base.

I'm no chemist, but the emulsion covers the Mylar base on the side
that gets processed, and therefore can be compromised during
processing.  Bubbles on the Mylar side should not affect processing.

Bob Long
(boblong@xxxxxxxxxxx)

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