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Reciprocity failure in films of flash exposed dichromate sensitized polyvinyl alcohol
Author(s) -
Leiga A. G.,
Walder R. A.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
polymer engineering and science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.503
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1548-2634
pISSN - 0032-3888
DOI - 10.1002/pen.760090106
Subject(s) - polyvinyl alcohol , reciprocity (cultural anthropology) , materials science , flash (photography) , flash lamp , capacitor , optoelectronics , optics , composite material , electrical engineering , physics , voltage , engineering , psychology , social psychology
The validity of the Busen‐Roscoe reciprocity law in flash exposed dichromate sensitized polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) films was investigated. It was found that the flashlamp operating conditions were an important parameter in an exposure system, since a spectral distribution shift of the lamp output could be obtained by changing the pulse duration from 0.3 to 2.0 msec. The apparent reciprocity failure obtained by varying the pulse duration while maintaining the energy stored in the capacitor bank fixed was consistent with the spectral distribution shift in the lamp output. When this shift was accounted for there was only a negligible reciprocity failure found over the range of these flash exposures; however, comparison with a steady mercury are lamp showed that the flash exposure cross‐linked the PVA about 200 times more efficiently.