Metol, Phenidone & Hydroquinone.
 

Most B&W developers contain Hydroquinone with either Metol or Phenidone or a Phenidone derivative. Both Metol and Phenidone are super-additive with Hydroquinone, so why add both of them in the same developer formula?

Here is an example of a developer which contains all three of those constituents.
http://www.tetenal.com/sidaopener_uk...auk/100152.pdf

Metol, Phenidone & Hydroquinone.
 

"Keith Tapscott."
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Most B&W developers contain Hydroquinone with either Metol
or Phenidone
or a Phenidone derivative. Both Metol and Phenidone are
super-additive
with Hydroquinone, so why add both of them in the same
developer
formula?

Here is an example of a developer which contains all three
of those
constituents.
http://www.tetenal.com/sidaopener_uk...auk/100152.pdf




--
Keith Tapscott.


I've wondered the same thing. There are a number of
developer formulas that have more than two developing agents
in them, sometimes puzzeling combinations. My chemistry is
not good enough to know why.


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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA

Metol, Phenidone & Hydroquinone.
 

"Keith Tapscott."
wrote in message
...

Most B&W developers contain Hydroquinone with either Metol
or Phenidone
or a Phenidone derivative. Both Metol and Phenidone are
super-additive
with Hydroquinone, so why add both of them in the same
developer
formula?

Here is an example of a developer which contains all three
of those
constituents.
http://www.tetenal.com/sidaopener_uk...auk/100152.pdf




--
Keith Tapscott.

Its interesting also that it contains both potassium
carbonate and sodum metaborate. There are some developers,
notably Kodak D-7, a pyro-metol developer, where the metol
serves mainly as a preservative for the pyro. Metol is a
prodigeous oxygen absorber. Its also curious that its the
only ingredient in the MSDS which has detailed hazards
although hydroquinone is usually considered more hazardous
than metol.


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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA

What I also found interesting was that there was no mention of the preservative(s) or of any restrainer(s). It makes you wonder if sulphite alone is the preservative, or whether it contains sulphite and bisulphite or metabisulphite.
It may or may not contain a restrainer or perhaps it contains more than one restrainer.

Metol, Phenidone & Hydroquinone.
 

"Keith Tapscott."
wrote in message
...

Richard Knoppow;848656 Wrote:

Its interesting also that it contains both potassium
carbonate and sodum metaborate. There are some
developers,
notably Kodak D-7, a pyro-metol developer, where the
metol
serves mainly as a preservative for the pyro. Metol is a
prodigeous oxygen absorber. Its also curious that its the
only ingredient in the MSDS which has detailed hazards
although hydroquinone is usually considered more
hazardous
than metol.

Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USAWhat I also found interesting was
that there was no mention of the
preservative(s) or of any restrainer(s). It makes you
wonder if
sulphite alone is the preservative, or whether it contains
sulphite and
bisulphite or metabisulphite.
It may or may not contain a restrainer or perhaps it
contains more than
one restrainer.




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Keith Tapscott.

Well, keep in mind that MSDS are legal not scientific
documents and are often written as much to obscure the
formula as anything else. MSDS do not have to list materials
which are considered harmless or which are present in small
amounts. Also, I think this is a copy of a German MSDS where
the rules may be different than in the US. An example is
T-Max developer. AFAIK these contain a form of Phenidone but
its not mentioned in the MSDS, at least the older ones.
There are other substances that fill the function of
sulfite, they are found in liquid concentrates, see the MSDS
for developers like HC-110 for example.
Sometimes better information can be found in patents
but they can also be written to obscure information.


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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA