Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am a bit behind in my digest, so maybe someone has already said this. True, carbon is a basic building block of the universe, but then again so is sodium. A sodium print would last but a few moments in a humid environment. It is a reactivity thing, not a basic building block thing. The atoms of sodium, carbon or platinum will not be destroyed, but they might meet something that likes them better in a different form (if I might speak anthropomorphically like I do to my students sometime) and that would be the end of your print. Do I know the answer to the initial question? No. But just because carbon is a basic building block doesn't really answer the question, either. Aram > Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 09:08:34 EDT > From: SthRosner@aol.com > Subject: Re: [Leica] [OT} what type of print is most archival? (was: [OT] Digital Dark... > Message-ID: <134.ceb4ef6.29f01f52@aol.com> > References: > > In a message dated 4/18/02 12:45:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > kottjn@hotmail.com writes: > > > Do you seriously expect the carbon inks to last as long as platinum? > > Isn't this the same carbon ( C ) used in "carbon-dating" of fossils thousands > of years old? C'mon, pure carbon is one of the basic building blocks of the > universe, and everywhere else. > > Seriously. > > Seth LaK 9 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html