Damn! I wish somebody would give us a soliloquy on nitrous oxide - it can be a whole lot more fun
On Feb 13, 2014, at 10:34 PM, Bob wrote:
For what its worth,
When we discontinued a water cooled computer system we "blew the
hoses" with nitrogen. It is very dry.
When you buy tires from Costco they are filled with nitrogen,
again because t is very dry.
If I remember correctly, the Library of Congress stores the
rarest books in nitrogen ;
The fact that nitrogen is dry may well be the reason it is used
for photo storage.
My $0.02 on nitrogen
Bob
On 2/13/2014 7:15 PM, Randy Little
wrote:
Dan if you go to a place that stores photography
nitrogen is the drug of choice. So yes it is really. Argon
aint cheap so not as widely used I guess or its being used more
these days I guess.
On Feb 13, 2014 6:43 PM, "Dan Mitchell"
< danmdan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Is it really ? Recently I found some of my 20 year old SX 70
Polaroids; stored only in an album in a normally heated house.
All still as good as when made.
Nitrogen indeed - its a gas !
Dan Mitchell
danmdan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 13 Feb 2014, at 04:01, List for Photo/Imaging Educators -
Professionals - Students <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
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> The way to store Polaroids is in nitrogen. Why? I guess
to prevent them from fading,etc. and if not that, I have no
idea.
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Dan Mitchell
danmdan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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