X-Ray Film Processing Information

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1. 5 minutes at 68 degrees is what developing time 19. Manual or Automatic Film automatic
Processing?
2. 5 Steps in Manual processing of x- Developer
Films washed 30 seconds,
ray film Wash
dried 30 seconds
Fixer
Wash 20. Manual or Automatic Film automatic
Dry Processing?
works at higher temperature
3. 10 minutes fixing time
21. Sodium thiosulfate fixer, hardens film emulsion
4. ammonium thiosulfate fixer, hardens film
emulsion 22. What are the two chemicals in Hydroquinone and elon
developer that soften the film
5. Definition: Pattern of stored energy latent image
emulsion
on the exposed film that can't be
seen 23. What filter can be used for GBX-2
extraoral and intraoral films in
6. Definition: Provides sufficient safelighting
safelighting
illumination in the darkroom to carry
out processing activities without 24. What happens to exposed, reduced to black by
exposing or damagin the film energized silver hallide developer
crystals
7. Developer reduces what on the film reduces the exposed,
energized silver 25. What is optimum time and 5 minutes at 68 degrees
halide crystals into temperature for developing
black metallic silver
26. What is the developing time Manual: 5 minutes at 68
8. Elon is what developer and degrees for manual vs. degrees
automatic
9. Fixer removes waht unexposed,
Automatic: 1.5 minutes at
unenergized silver
80 degrees
halide crystals
27. What is the fixing time for Manual: 10 minutes (twice
10. How far away from film and working 4 feet away
manual vs. automatic the developing time)
area does low wattage bulb need to
be?
Automatic: 1.5 minutes
11. how long do you rinse after 30 seconds (same as its developing
developing time)
12. How long should film be washed 20 minutes in a 28. What is the main difference with automatic film
after fixing water bath, removes between automatic film processing, you don't wash
all excess chemicals processing and manual after developing, only after
13. How long should fixing time be 10 minutes fixing

14. Hydroquinone is waht developer 29. What removes all unexposed fixer, clears the film
crystals?
15. In automatic processing, after you wash for 30
fix, how long do you wash and dry seconds, dry for 30 30. What removes the unexposed, fixer
seconds unenergized silver halide
crystals from the film emulsion
16. Manual or Automatic Film Automatic
Processing? 31. What should be twice the fixing time
Chemicals are more concentrated development time

17. Manual or Automatic Film automatic 32. WHat stops the developing rinsing
Processing? process
Films are fixed for 1.5 minutes 33. What two chemicals harden These are fixers: sodium
18. Manual or Automatic Film automatic the film emulsion thiosulfate and ammonium
Processing? thiosulfate
films developed for 1.5 minutes at 80 34. What wattage can a safelight 7 and 1/2 or 15 watts
degrees be
35. When can the latent image be seen when it undergoes chemical processing
procedures
36. Which are more sensitive to light, extra oral or intra oral extraoral
37. Which solution reduces the exposed, energized silver halide crystals into black developer
metallic silver