Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"
|    sci.chem    |    Chemistry and related sciences    |    55,615 messages    |
[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]
|    Message 54,371 of 55,615    |
|    Libor P Striz to All    |
|    Re: Proustite in light    |
|    14 Apr 18 03:37:01    |
      From: poutnik@privacy.net              Dne 13/04/2018 v 16:50 Peter Percival napsal(a):       > When Proustite (Ag_3AsS_3) is exposed to light it changes from being red       > and transparent to being black and opaque. What is the chemistry of       > this transformation?              My understanding is it is analogical to self dimming glass,       or to a film silver halide latent process.              The light releases free electrons from sulphide       and creates metallic silver.              In case of film, free halogens are captured by auxiliary organics.              In case of glass,       there is running reverting silver halogene recombination.              --       Poutnik ( The Pilgrim, Der Wanderer )              I have the legal right for my valid address not to be publicly exposed.       I am not obligated to follow any RFC part       that is in conflict with that.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]
(c) 1994, bbs@darkrealms.ca