Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/18
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The process of osmosis. Since the distilled water is nearly 100% water and
the get emulsion is a much lower % of water, water will naturally flow into
the gel. It does this with tap water as well but not as much as the tap
water is less than 100% water.
Ken Wilcox
>Ken Wilcox wrote:
>>
>> Be careful with distilled water for the final rinse. It will cause the
>> emulsion to swell and become VERY soft!
>>
>
>Ken, can you explain the reasons for this? How would uncontaminated,
>pure water cause more swelling of the emulsion than other water? I
>don't understand.
>
>M.
>
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