Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/13

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: OT: What is photographic chemistry?
From: "Don Dory" <dorysrus@mindspring.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 09:03:45 -0400

Err, only partially correct.  B&W film is inorganic as it is silver
halide primarily.  But the developing agents are definitely organic
compounds.  If you get into color dyes, whew, really complex organic
molecules.

Don
dorysrus@mindspring.com

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Subject: [Leica] Re: OT: What is photographic chemistry?

Martin:

>Is photographic chemistry organic chemistry or inorganic chemistry?  Or

>both?

Inorganic.  Organic chemistry basically deals with processes involving
carbon.
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