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pho·to·graph·ic emul·sion
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emulsion, photographic emulsionnoun
a light-sensitive coating on paper or film; consists of fine grains of silver bromide suspended in a gelatin
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Photographic emulsion
Photographic emulsion is a light-sensitive colloid used in film-based photography. Most commonly, in silver-gelatin photography, it consists of silver halide crystals dispersed in gelatin. The emulsion is usually coated onto a substrate of glass, films (of cellulose nitrate, cellulose acetate or polyester), paper, or fabric. The substrate is often flexible and known as a film base. Photographic emulsion is not a true emulsion, but a suspension of solid particles (silver halide) in a fluid (gelatin in solution). However, the word emulsion is customarily used in a photographic context. Gelatin or gum arabic layers sensitized with dichromate used in the dichromated colloid processes carbon and gum bichromate are sometimes called emulsions. Some processes do not have emulsions, such as platinum, cyanotype, salted paper, or kallitype.
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photographic emulsion
A photographic emulsion is a light-sensitive coating, usually gelatin-based, that is used on photographic film or paper. It contains tiny particles or crystals of light-sensitive silver halides suspended in it. When exposed to light during the photographic process, the silver halide particles undergo a chemical change that forms a latent image. This image is then made visible and permanent through a development process, producing a photographic print.
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Photographic emulsion
Photographic emulsion is a light-sensitive colloid. Most commonly, in silver-gelatin photography it consists of silver halide crystals dispersed in gelatin. The emulsion is usually coated onto a substrate of glass, films of cellulose nitrate, cellulose acetate or polyester, paper or fabric. Photographic emulsion is not a true emulsion, but a suspension of solid particles in a fluid. However, the word emulsion is customarily used in a photographic context. Gelatin or gum arabic layers sensitized with bichromate used in the dichromated colloid processes cyanotype and kallitype are sometimes called emulsions.
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