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Bromide Paper: Gelatino-Bromide Emulsion Coated on Paper
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Bromide Paper: Gelatino-Bromide Emulsion Coated on Paper

Bromide paper is paper coated with silver bromide in gelatin, the printing and enlarging paper of the darkroom. Thorpe (1913) gives a beginner's emulsion: gelatin swelled in potassium bromide solution, silver nitrate made clear with strong ammonia, the two joined under ruby light, ripened, set, washed, and spread on paper as on a glass plate. From the moment the silver goes in, work only by ruby light. Grain and ounce figures are Thorpe's; the gram conversions and the 10-sheet batch are ours. The picture: our own drawing.
Ilọsíwájú
4 days

Ìlànà

1

Swell the gelatin

Dissolve 185 grains (12.0 g) of potassium bromide in 5 oz (142 ml) of water. Cover 300 grains (19.4 g) of hard gelatin with it and stir until it softens and swells.

Àwọn ohun èlò fún ìgbésẹ̀ yìí:

Potassium BromidePotassium Bromide12 g
Ìyẹ̀fun gelatinÌyẹ̀fun gelatin19.4 g

Àwọn irinṣẹ́ tí a nílò:

OmiOmi
Ago GílásìAgo Gílásì
Ọ̀pá Ìrúwé GílásìỌ̀pá Ìrúwé Gílásì
Òǹwọ̀n ìdọ́gbaÒǹwọ̀n ìdọ́gba
2

Dissolve the silver

Dissolve 231 grains (15.0 g) of silver nitrate in 5 oz (142 ml) of water with gentle heat in the water bath. Add strong ammonia (0.880) a little at a time, stirring, until the precipitate that first forms dissolves again.

Àwọn ohun èlò fún ìgbésẹ̀ yìí:

Silver NitrateSilver Nitrate15 g

Àwọn irinṣẹ́ tí a nílò:

OmiOmi
Omi Ammonia Líle (0.880)Omi Ammonia Líle (0.880)
Ago GílásìAgo Gílásì
Ọ̀pá Ìrúwé GílásìỌ̀pá Ìrúwé Gílásì
Ìkòkò ńlá (ti ìsàlẹ̀, fún ìwẹ̀ omi)Ìkòkò ńlá (ti ìsàlẹ̀, fún ìwẹ̀ omi)
3

Melt the gelatin, never above 35 °C

Stand both vessels in the pan of water, never above 35 °C, stirring, until the gelatin is perfectly liquid. Up to here ordinary light is fine.

Àwọn irinṣẹ́ tí a nílò:

Ìkòkò ńlá (ti ìsàlẹ̀, fún ìwẹ̀ omi)Ìkòkò ńlá (ti ìsàlẹ̀, fún ìwẹ̀ omi)
Ẹ̀rọ Ìwọ̀n OoruẸ̀rọ Ìwọ̀n Ooru
Ọ̀pá Ìrúwé GílásìỌ̀pá Ìrúwé Gílásì
4

Add the silver under ruby light

From now on, ruby light only. Pour the silver solution into the gelatin in a thin stream, stirring all the time. Rinse the silver beaker with about 1 oz (28 ml) of warm water into the emulsion.

Àwọn irinṣẹ́ tí a nílò:

Iná Ààbò RúbìIná Ààbò Rúbì
Ago GílásìAgo Gílásì
Ọ̀pá Ìrúwé GílásìỌ̀pá Ìrúwé Gílásì
OmiOmi
5

Ripen

Leave the emulsion in the hot water for half to three-quarters of an hour.

Àwọn irinṣẹ́ tí a nílò:

Ìkòkò ńlá (ti ìsàlẹ̀, fún ìwẹ̀ omi)Ìkòkò ńlá (ti ìsàlẹ̀, fún ìwẹ̀ omi)
Iná Ààbò RúbìIná Ààbò Rúbì
6

Set in the dark

Pour it into a flat dish, put it in a light-tight box and let it set for at least 24 hours; two or three days is better.

Àwọn irinṣẹ́ tí a nílò:

Àwọn àwo amọ̀ tí kò jinlẹ̀Àwọn àwo amọ̀ tí kò jinlẹ̀
Àpótí Tí Kò Jẹ́ Kí Ìmọ́lẹ̀ WọléÀpótí Tí Kò Jẹ́ Kí Ìmọ́lẹ̀ Wọlé
7

Wash through canvas

Scrape the set jelly onto wet coarse canvas and tie it into a bag. Knead it under water so it squeezes through in threads. Pour off the water, cover with fresh, wait 5 minutes and pour off: six to eight times.

Àwọn irinṣẹ́ tí a nílò:

Àwo ìyípadàÀwo ìyípadà
Aṣọ kánfásìAṣọ kánfásì
OkùnOkùn
OmiOmi
Iná Ààbò RúbìIná Ààbò Rúbì
8

Drain and store

Turn the threads onto a strainer covered with a cloth and let the water drain. Rinse with methylated spirit and keep in a lidded jar until coating.

Àwọn irinṣẹ́ tí a nílò:

Asẹ́Asẹ́
Aṣọ muslinAṣọ muslin
Ọtí tí a bà jẹ́Ọtí tí a bà jẹ́
Ìgò Gílásì OnídìíÌgò Gílásì Onídìí
Iná Ààbò RúbìIná Ààbò Rúbì
9

Coat the paper

Melt the emulsion in the warm water bath. Lay a sheet of paper flat on a levelled glass slab. Pour emulsion on the middle to cover nearly half the sheet, and spread it to each end with a glass rod 2 inches wider than the sheet, held just off the surface.

Àwọn ohun èlò fún ìgbésẹ̀ yìí:

BébàBébà10 ewé

Àwọn irinṣẹ́ tí a nílò:

Ìkòkò ńlá (ti ìsàlẹ̀, fún ìwẹ̀ omi)Ìkòkò ńlá (ti ìsàlẹ̀, fún ìwẹ̀ omi)
Àwo dígíÀwo dígí
Ìwọ̀n Ìtẹ́júÌwọ̀n Ìtẹ́jú
Ọ̀pá Ìrúwé GílásìỌ̀pá Ìrúwé Gílásì
Iná Ààbò RúbìIná Ààbò Rúbì
10

Dry

When the coat has set, move the sheets to a rack in a drying box with a current of air. They dry in 12 to 48 hours. Keep them in the light-tight box.

Àwọn irinṣẹ́ tí a nílò:

Àká ÌgbẹÀká Ìgbẹ
Àpótí Tí Kò Jẹ́ Kí Ìmọ́lẹ̀ WọléÀpótí Tí Kò Jẹ́ Kí Ìmọ́lẹ̀ Wọlé

Àwọn ohun-èlò

4

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20

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