Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Johnny Deadman wrote: > > on 28/3/00 3:50 pm, LP6@aol.com at LP6@aol.com wrote: > > > Re: Chemistries & EDTA Thread Has Caught my Interest: > > > > EDTA: Ethylene Diamino Triacetic Acid > > > > Interests me in view of its "alternative medicine" application (thirty + > > years now) to alleviate clogged arteries via the mechanism of chelating > > (pulling, clawing) out bivalent calcium from plaque and thereby loosening and > > dissolving plaque. > > Since Xtol contains EDTA as well as Vitamin C, shouldn't we be drinking it > instead of developing in it? > > -- > Johnny Deadman I think last week on Rec.photo.darkroom the eminent Richard Knoppow was saying that EDTA is the difference between D76 and Microphen. I forget which one had the EDTA in it as I don't think it's advantage is great. Hope i didn't get this too wrong! I often mix up Dektol (D72) or D76 from scratch and I ain't got no EDTA! I've been feeling I can live without it! Maybe not! mark Rabiner