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  • #7768
    Dagwood24
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    Sorry, here is the photograph of the plate, thanks

    #11569
    Bakody
    Participant

    Hi,

    It’s over sensitized, too much iodine on your plate.

    Make sure sure:

    -bottom of your fuming box is evenly coated with iodine everywhere (don’t use too much)

    -your plate isn’t hotter on some parts

    -wait a little bit after you put iodine in the box.

    -check your plate regularly, that how is colour change.

    Good luck!

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    #11570
    CasedImage
    Keymaster

    The plate looks to have uneven buffing, some areas are more polished so react with the iodine more. Try to create more even buffing by keeping hte plate parallel to your polishing surface

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    #11571
    photolytic
    Participant

    Judging by the colors it looks like you have at least 3 cycles of iodide on one plate.

    That is a lot more than one would expect from uneven polishing. Still it’s an important factor.

    Is the iodine distributed evenly in the tray at the bottom of the box? Perhaps you titled it just before fuming. Or as Bakody advised you should wait a while (several hours) after charging the iodine to allow the fumes to distribute evenly across the surface of the plate. Check the plate frequently during fuming and rotate the plate to compensate for unevenness in the iodine fumes. Your box should be 5 to 8 cm deep to allow plenty of room for iodine fume distribution.

    The distance between the iodine and the plate is more important than the amount of iodine in the box. The concentration of iodine fumes diminishes sharply with the distance from the crystals because iodine fumes are 8.8 times heavier than air. See post of 5 July 5 2011.

     

    #10763
    captivelight
    Participant
    Quote:
    See post of 5 July 5 2011

    Why not just post the link? I don’t see how to search for posts by date.

    Thank you

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