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Removal of silver..

A project log for Develop film with Potatoes

A potato based film developer mixed up during the first UK lockdown out of desperation for creativity and coffee.

mkelsallm.kelsall 10/06/2023 at 12:001 Comment

As noted in the Hacked news feed, there are still problems with silver ions floating around. They may be able to be extracted from the solutions. I know it can be done with fixer.

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m.kelsall wrote 04/10/2024 at 20:07 point

This sounds like a separate project for a proper chemist. The point of having a potato based developer, is that they can be grown locally and in doing so, the process uses less energy and air miles / sea miles than a coffee based developer.

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