Many thanks for this lead.....I have discovered that Structurix D7 film can
be purchased here in the USA, but not in 35mm x 90m lengths. It is
available in a series of sheet sizes. One possible approach is to buy D7
structurix 14" x 17" sheet film at about 650.00 dollars a pack and then cut
into strips, since 14" is the correct length for the 114.6mm diameter
Debye-Scherrer cameras (often referred to as 115mm dia.). I hope this
information may be of use to others in getting their old systems working!
This has been a good example of the Arch-Metals list being of considerable
use....many thanks to all....David
At 08:50 AM 1/26/2005 +0100, you wrote:
>Dear David,
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>Greetings from Geneva. We found ourselves in a similar situation last year.
>Now we use the Agfa Structurix D7 film, developer G128 and fixing bath G328
>with very good results. The film was recommended to us by Prof. Stefan
>Graeser, mineralogist at Basel University (stefan.graeser [at] unibas.ch)
>who had to purchase a roll of 90 m and passed some of this on to us at
>cost. Apparently the film doesn't come in smaller quantities.
>
>Best wishes,
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>Kilian
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>Dr Kilian Anheuser
>Head of Conservation
>Musée d'art et d'histoire
>Rue Charles-Galland 2
>Case postale 3432
>1211 Genève 3
>Suisse
>Tel. +41-22-418-2520, Fax -2601
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>Objet : Re: Film for XRD
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>I am resuscitating a Rigaku Gigaflex x-ray powder diffraction system with
>two Debye-Scherrer cameras for metallic corrosion and pigment
>studies....this has cost me nothing, so is good value for money since the
>GADDS system from Bruker for tiny samples costs about 250,000 dollars, but
>we used to use Kodax direct exposure film DEF-392 which has now gone out
>of production...does anyone in Europe know of, for example, an Agfa
>equivalent film that I can order, or am I stuck in the future with fast,
>low ASA number, B/W 35mm film once my suppies of Kodax DEF-392 are
>exhausted? Views from Europe awaited...with best metallurgical wishes to
>all...David.
Professor David A. Scott
Chair, UCLA/Getty Conservation Program
The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, Room A410
University of California, Los Angeles
405 Hilgard Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90095
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