photographic fixing

photographic fixing

[¦fōd·ə¦graf·ik ′fiks·iŋ]
(graphic arts)
The process by which the unexposed and unreduced silver halide in a negative is removed in an exposed film; sodium thiosulfate (hypo) is the chemical usually used.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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