Iodide

Examples

• When dry, dip the paper into a solution of iodide of potassium, containing 500 grains dissolved in 1 pint of water, and let it remain in the solution two or three minutes. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Metallic silver takes the place of potassium, forming insoluble iodide of silver on the film. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• I had given the boy considerable iodide of potassium to prevent salivation, but it did no good in this case. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Solutions of potassium iodide were frequently used for this purpose, giving a sharp, blue record, but fading away too rapidly. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• In conducting the collodion process, the collodion is first iodised by adding to it iodide of potassium and iodide of silver, dissolved in alcohol. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• When sufficiently developed, the plate is washed, and the image fixed by dissolving the unacted-upon iodide of silver with a solution of cyanide of potassium or hyposulphite of soda. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• A clean plate of glass is coated with collodion sensitized with iodides of potassium, etc. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.

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