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Richard Shadrach
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RATS
OF
REDUCTION
OP
SILVER
IONS
AND
SILVER
COMPLEX'S
IN
SOLUTION
WITH
DiVELOXRS
by
Richard
Shadrach
A
thesis
submittedin
riartialfulfillment
ofthe
requirements
for
the
degree
ofBachelor
ofScience
in
the
School
ofPhotographic
Science
andInstrumentation
in
the
College
of
Graphic
Arts
andPhotograph:/-of
the
Rochester
Institute
ofTechnology
May
1974
43 7tk,
Lp
y/ cpACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I
wouldlike
to
expressmy
appreciationto
Dr.
B.
H.
Carroll
for his
many
helpful
suggestionsand
ideas
andthe
CIA
for
providingfinancial
aid.TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
List
ofTables
iv
List
ofFigures
vAbstract
Introduction
1
Experimental
3
Method
offollowing
silver reduction3
Determination
ofpAg
4
Determination
of pH4
Preparation
ofdolloidal
silver5
Density-silver
reducedrelationship
7
ResuJts
andDiscussion
10
Rate
and silverion
concentration14
Rate
and silver complex concentration17
Change
in
concentration of reactants21
Conclusions
25
Recommendations
for
further
investigation
27
List
offootnotes
28
Appendix
I
29
LIST
OF
TABLES
Table
I
Table
II
Table
III
Table
IV
Table
V
Table
VI
Table
VII
Table
VIII
Table
IX
Table
X
Table
XI
Developer
Components
3
Preparation
ofColloidal
Silver
7
Develooer
for
Density-Silver
Relationship
8
Solution A
Components
14
Change
in
Rate
withSilver
Ion
Cone.
Solution
B
Components
15
Change
in
Rate
withSliver
Ion
Cone.
Change
in
Rate
withSilver
Ion
Cone.
15
Solution
B
Components
17
Change
in
Rate
withSilver
Complex
Cone.
Change
in
Rate
withSilver
Complex
Cone.
18
Hydronuinone
Develooing
Agent
Solution
A
Components
21
Change
in
Rate
withSilver
Xmolex Cone.
-'/letolChange
in
Rate
withSilver
Complex
Cone.
21
Metol
Develooing
Agent
Change
in
Concentration
ofReactants
at24
a
Density
of .8LIST
OF
FIGURES
Fig.
I
Potentiometric
Titration
ofKBH
by
AgN03
6
Fig.
II
Density-Silver
Reduced
Relationship
9
Pig.
Ill
Density
vs.Time
11
Hydro
-uinone-Varying
pAg
^1/3
Pig.
IV
Ag
vs.Time
13
Hydro
-uinone-Varying
pAg
Pig.
V
-LogRate
vs.pAg
Hydroquinone
16
Pig.
VI
Ag1^ vs.Time
^
19
Hydroquinone
-Varying
[Ag(
S03)
2~^
Fig.
VII
Rate
vs.l^g(S03)2"^|
Hydroquinone
20
Pig.
VIII
Ag1/5vs.
Time
r--^
22
Metol
-Varying
Ag(S03)2
Pig.
IX
Rate
vs.Ag(SC3)2~^]
Metol
23
ABSTRACT
The
changein
rate of reduction of silverfrom
solutionsof
varying
silverion
and silver sulfite comolexby
hydroquinone
and metol was studied.The
silverion
concentration was varied and
the
silver complex concentrationwas
held
constant.The
rate wasfound
proportionalto
the
square root of
the
silverion
concentrationfor
development
by
hydroquinone.
The
silver complex concentration
was variedand
the
silverion
concentration washeld
constant.The
rate of reduction
increased
asthe
complex concentrationincreased
for
both
hydroquinone
and metoldeveloping
agents,
showing
that
the
complex wasbeing
reduced.The
rateappeared
to
be
proportionalto
the
silver complex concentration.The
reaction rate was proportionalto
the
surface area ofthe
silver particle and was notfound
to
be
controlledby
INTRODUCTION
In
physical and solution physicaldevelopment
silverfrom
solutionis
reduced onto
nuclei.In
physicaldevelopment
silver and acomplexing
agent areincorporated
in
the
developer.
During
solution physicaldevelopment
silver
halide
is
dissolved
by
acomplexing
agentIntroducing
silver
Ions
and silver comolexinto
solution.The
silvercan
then
be
reduced atthe
latent
site or nuclei.There
is
some question asto
whetherthe
silver comolexis
providing
silverions
to
be
reduced orif
the
complexitself
is
alsobeing directly
reduced.James
investigated
the
reduction of silverfrom
solutions of silver
ion
and silver sulfite complexes.For
hydroquinone
and paraphenylenediamine at a oH of about ninehe
found
that
it
wasthe
silverion
being
reduced and not2
the
silver complex.Levenson
andTwist
investigated
the
change
in
rate with a changeIn
the
silverion
concentrationfor development
by
hydro
ruinonein
the
presence of sulfiteat a pH of
9.1.
They
could notdecide
from
their
resultsIf
the
silver complex was reduceddirectly
or not.They
did
determine
that
the
rate ofdevelopment
was proportionalto
of
the
silverion
concentration,
andinversely
proportionalto
the
hydrogen
ion
concentration.
At
ahigher
pH orfor
more activedeveloping
agentsthe
potential of
the
developing
agentis
greater.There
wouldseem
the
possibility
that
the
silver complexmay
be
reduced.This
wasinvestigated
for
silver sulfite complex and metoland
hydroquinone
developing
agents.The
conditions under vhichthe
reactions were studiedwere not
Identical
to
those
that
occurin
photographicdevelopment.
Therefore
the
results can notbe
directly
apollcable
but
give someInsight
asto
whatmay
be
occurring.Colloidal
silver was presentin
the
reactionsto
initiate
the
reaction andto
prevent aninduction
period.The
reaction of silverion
being
reducedto
silver metalis
favorable
when calculatedfrom
the
redox ootential and silver2
ion
activity/
ofthe
solution ,but
the
first
silver atomreduced
has
the
character of afree
radical.It
readily
loses
Its
electron and revertsto
a silverion.
For
the
reactionto
proceedthe
silver atom mustbe
stabilizedby
a conductivemass such as a silver nuclei.
The
reactions were carried outin
the
presence ofgelatin \h
ich
servedto
suspendthe
silverthat
was reducedand give a closer approximation as
to
the
conditionsthat
EXPERIMENTAL
Method
offollowing
silver reduction:The
rate of reduction of silver wasfollowed
by
mixing
the
two
solutionsin
Table
I.
Table
I
Developer
Components
Solution
A
Solution
B
Inert
gelatinSilver
nitrateBuffer
Sodium
sulfiteColloidal
silverSodium
sulfateDeveloping
agent andsodium sulfite
Distilled
waterBoth
solutions were placedin
a constanttemperature
water
bath
andbrought
to
25C.
'Solution
A
wasbubbled
withnitrogen
through
afritted
glasstube.
Tho
develooing
agentwas
then
addedto
solutionA
after afew
minutesto
preventoxidation at
the
high
pH.The
reaction was startedby
adding
solutionB
to
solutionA.
Five
milliliter samples of reactant were pipettedoff at
varying
time
intervals
and addedto
five
millilitersof
0,1
M
sodiumthiosulfate.
The
trensmittance
ofthis
solution was
then
measured on aBausoh
&
Lomb
Spectronic
20
at
415
nanometerscorresponding
to
the
maximum absorbtion ofA
small amount of sodium sulfite wasincluded
withthe
developing
atrentto
act as a preservative.Sodium
sulfatewas added
to
eliminateany
changein
ratedue
tr- a changeIn
ionic
strength.Develo'nln,?
a^ent and sodium sulfitesolutions were used within
in
sixhours
after preparationto
prevent oxidation.Determination
of pAg:The
Corning
Model
12
Research
pH meter was calibratedwith standard solutions
to
measure silverion
concentrationusing
a silver electrode.The
standard solutions were preparedby
precipitating
silver
bromide
andwashing
off excessbromide
and silverions.
-3 -4
The
precipitate wasthen
addedto
10
and10
M.
potassiumbromide
solutions.The
silverIon
concentration canthen be
calculated
knowing
the
bromide
ion
concentrationfrom
the
following
eiuation.[kg\
\btF\
"4.85
X
at25
C.
Measurements
were made at25
C.
endthe
following
relation was
determined,
pAg
= -0.01695(millivolts)X
9.492
Measurements
ofpAg
ofthe
samples were made onduplicate
solutions
omitting
only
the
develooing
agent.Determination
of pH:The
solution pH was measured withthe
Corning
Xodel
12
except
for
the
addition of silver nitrate were used.The
range of sodium sulfite concentrations employed were checked
for
variationsin
pHdue
to
changesin
sulfite concentrationsand none were
found.
A
changein
pHdue
to
reactionproducts was checked
for
by
measuring
the
pH asthe
reactionproceeded.
No
changein
pH was noticed.Preparation
of colloidal silver:The
colloidal silver was preparedby
reducing
silvernitrate with potassium
borohydride.
Moles
of silver nitrate reduced per mole of potassiumborohydride
wasdetermined
potentiometrically.Potassium
borohydride
wastitrated
with silver nitrate.The
silverion
concentration "/asfollowed
usingthe
Corning
Xodcl
12
pH meter and a silver electrode.
The
following
amount ofpotassium
borohydride
was used andcorresponding
amount ofsilver nitrate
to
reachthe
endooint.(Fig.
I)
(0.019
M
KBH4)(.025
1.
)
=4.75X
10-f
moles(0.25
M
AgNOg) (.00186
1.
)
=4.67
X
10
molesmoles of silver
Q
, yts
moles of
borohydride
~
One
mole of potassiumborohydride
reacted with onemole of silver nitrate.
This
wasimportant
to
know
in
preparing
the
colloidal silver so as notto
have
an excessof either silver
ion
orborohydride
which would effectthe
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L-A
500
milliliter solution of colloidal silver wasprepared as
in
Table
II.
Table
II
Preparation
ofColloidal
Silver
component volume
l'-i
Inert
trelatin250
ml.6.25
X
10"
LI
AgIT03
50
ml.0,1
M
Borax
'
150
ml.Distilled
water45
ml.0.038
M
KBH4
5
ml.pH
9.3
The
solution washeated
to
60C.
andthe
potassiumborohydride
added.The
potassiumborohydride
solution wasused within one
half
hour
after preparation.There
wasa slight excess of
borohydride
after reduction whenusing
these
concentrations.This
madethe
silverion
concentrationvery
low.
The
pAg
was measured at6.15.
Density--
Silver
reduced relationshio:
A
calibrationin
terms
of silver reducedanddersit;'-was
made.
Small
concentrations of silver nitrate were used andallowed
to
be
completely
reducedto
silver.The
developer
formulation
in
Table
III
was used.The
solution was prepared withoutthe
hydro-uinone-sulf
ite
solution and
bubbled
with nitrogen. 'The hydroquinone-sulfite
solution was
then
addedto
startthe
reaction.Two
five
milliliter samples were
taken
after ar>oroximately
five
minutes.8
other was added
to
five
milliliters0.1
M
sodiumthiosulfate.
Transmittance
ofboth
were measured and convertedto
density.
Table
III
Developer
for
Density-Silver
Relationship
component volume
final
concentration1'i
Inert
gelatin50.0
ml.4$
0.1
M
Borax
25.0
ml.0.02
M
0.2
M
NaOH
15.0
ml.0.024
M
_40.0025
X
AgN03
1-10
ml.2
X
10-2
X
10
Colloidal
silver0.5
ml. *2.5
X
10"b
LI
Distilled
waterto
maketotal
volume125
ml.0.25
M
HpQ,
and1.0
ml.0.002
LI
0.125
Na2S03
, .0.001
H
There
was somedestruction
of silverby
the
thiosulfate
but
it
was proportionalto
the
amount of silver present.This
canbe
seenfrom
the
linear
plot of silver nitratereduced versus
density
for
both
water andthe
thiosulfate,
(Pig.
II).
Most
ofthe
destruction
ofthe
silvertook
placewithin
the
first
few
seconds after additionto
the
thiosulfate,
After
approximately
one minutethe
solution was stable.Regression
analysis-was used
to
determine
the
following
equation
for
the
density
silver relationship.Ag
, , =
2.714
X
10-4(densitv)X
2.9
x^lO-6
e
reduced
Rd=99.7%
Substituting
transmittance
for
density
the
following
relation was
found between
silver reduced andtransmittance.
,-4
ASreduced
~
2'714
X
10-4(log10(l/trans)
)+
2.
9
X
1
0
This
relation was usedin
slotting
silver reduced versusI
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IV
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time
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lines
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rate
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for
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this
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case.2
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borohydride
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reactionis
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since reactionsthat
arc rangefrom
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7
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The
reaction notbeing
diffusion
controlledis
important
in
determining
the
mechanism of reaction atthe
particle surface.Rate
and silverion
concentration:The
changein
rate with silverion
concentration wasInvestigated.
The
following
concentrationsfor
solutionA
in
Table
IV
were used.Table
IV
Solution
A
componentsChange
In
rate with silverion
cone.component volume
1%
Inert
gelatin50.0
ml..1
M
Borax
25.0
mi..2
M NaOH
15.0
ml.Colloidal
silver0.5
ml..25
M
HpQ
..1.0 ml..125
M
NagS03
Distilled
waterto
make125
ml.final
volumeof solution
A
andB
pH
9.77
The
silverion
concentration was varied andthe
silvercomplex concentration was
kept
constant.This
wasdone
by
varying
the
sulfite concentration andkeeping
the
silvernitrate concentration constant.
The
concentrationsin
Table
V
were usedfor
solutionB.
The
rate was expressed asthe
slope ofthe
linear
portion of
the
cube root of silver reduced versustime
plot.
The
ratesin
Table
VI
were obtainedfor
changesin
15
Table
V
Solution
B
componentsChange
in
rate with silverion
cone(initial)
AsN03
M
x 105Na2S03
M
x 103Na2S0
"
M
x 103Na2S0
M
x IO32.0
24.0
1.0
136.0
2.0
40.0
1.0
120.0
2.0
80.0
1.0
80.0
2.0
160.0
1.0
0.0
Ag
+
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x 1013.6
21.0
2.0
7.99
4.38
37.0
2.0
8.49
1.01
77.0
2.0
9.01
0.243
160.0
2.6
9.45
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calculated assuming:all
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formed
silver complexonly
complexformed
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constant =3
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ra
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1.038
1.008
.057 .0568
1.244
1.246
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1.48
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1.70
1.684
Table
VI
Change
in
rate with silverion
cone.PAg
7.99
8.49
9.01
9.45
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VI.
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relation wasfound
between
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pAg
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IV
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VI),
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rate againstthe
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data
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linear
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rate
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studied atthe
higher
pHbecause
the
rate wastoo
fast
to
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